My Octavia ('05 1.9tdi) had developed the infamous failing dual mass flywheel, vibration and chatter. Finally got it replaced today with the genuine conversion kit from VAG (massive waiting list at the moment I was waiting for 3 months!).

Initial impressions are great, vibration is virtually non-existant, no different to the dual mass flywheel when it was working, there is also no more extra noise from the transmission. Clutch operation is lighter and more progressive with far better feel.

The massive improvement though is in driveability you can now drive the car on the torque of the engine making it a lot more flexible without loads of gearchanges, slow moving traffic is now bliss without having to rev the engine up to 1500 rpm to stop the shuddering.

I highly recommend that if you have a dodgy dual mass flywheel to get it replaced with a single mass conversion, it turns the car into what it shouold have left the factory as.

Price wise I was quoted over £900 to get this done by various Skoda dealers in my area, however I went with DSB Autocare in Nottingham and the work was done to the usual efficient high standard at a good few hundered less than the main dealer, cheers Dave.

Feel free to pm me if you have any questions, also I am willing to let people have a drive if they are unsure to get their car converted or remain with a dual mass.

HTH

do they do these for fabia's do u know i can imagine that they would be extremley simalar?

I agree i had my Octy 2 1.9Tdi converted under warranty at 33K and it is great.Should have been like this when new.Highly recommended

I got mine done at a main dealer £450 all in, with an oil change

done 60,000 and still ok

Edited 22 June, 201016 yr by skippy41