drop in revs

[90506chris]

Hi wonder if anyone can help or has had this problem? i have a skoda fabia vrs and when i go through the gears the car is working great but in sixth gear when i go to accelerate the rev counter jumps from 2000 rpm to three thousand and shoots back to 2000 rpm and then its fine.to accelereate. its a slight loss in power compared to the other gears. apart from that the car is running fine

[Johnny50]

Slipping clutch ?

[mark.r.cullen]

Your clutch is probably slipping. Drop a gear to accelerate instead in that example.

Don't boot it at low revs (~2000RPM) in high gears (4th, 5th and 6th) seems to be the general consensus around here :-)

[90506chris]

Slipping clutch ?

the car is going really well apart from that gear tho, so could that be the clutch?/

[mark.r.cullen]

the car is going really well apart from that gear tho, so could that be the clutch?/

Yep.

[Johnny50]

the car is going really well apart from that gear tho, so could that be the clutch?/

Yep

In my old Fabia, it was only apparent in 5th/6th.

[90506chris]

Yep

In my old Fabia, it was only apparent in 5th/6th.

Will that be a ne clutch? Any idea how long will last if this is the start of it slipping?

[Johnny50]

Will that be a ne clutch? Any idea how long will last if this is the start of it slipping?

What mileage is on the car ?

Mine slipped for a good 24k ! And was still going when i got rid of the car.

All depends how you drive.

[90506chris]

What mileage is on the car ?

Mine slipped for a good 24k ! And was still going when i got rid of the car.

All depends how you drive.

65000 now and its really only in 5th and 6th gear thanks for your help everyone

[Johnny50]

I'd live with it until it starts to really get in the way of daily driving.

[flipster]

Anyone got any ideas on how much a new clutch would be?

Cheers.

[martinch]

Anyone got any ideas on how much a new clutch would be?

From memory TPS want about £120 trade for the standard 1.9TDi (i.e. for mine ) OEM clutch, so a bit north of that..?

Edited 1 December, 2010 by martinch

[flipster]

OK, so not terrible, what about labour to fit it?

Cheers.

[Hobbsy VRS]

Clutch slips in 5th & 6th (mainly when bootin low revs )only because the gearbox ratios change as you go up gears every gear you go up makes it harder for the car to turn the wheels in simple sence . . if you want clutch to last dont boot at low revs in these gears , i guess your cars re mapped ?? in that case advise racing clutch costin more round the 1k mark . . but in most cases with a slippin clutch it can last for a good length of time, you could run it till it finally goes then get a new 1 . . .only advised if u got breakdown cover ha hope this helps