VRS Tsi manual engine noise

[thompson8]

Hi I've had my VRS for 2 years since new. For about 6 months now I've been experiencing an engine noise when lifting off the throttle in all gears.

The noise is like a thud/squeak, you can feel the car lurch when it does it and I can sometimes feel the gear stick move when it makes the sound.

Unless I really take my time the gear changes can be very clunky and notchy.

I've had this into the dealer about 3 months ago and they "found nothing wrong" but since the weather as got really cold recently I've noticed it doing it a lot more.

I'm thinking engine mounts but apparently these were checked when it went to the dealer.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

[thompson8]

Anyone?

[hanseandy]

Hi thompson8, had a quick search through the forum, seems others have had problems with upper gearbox mount on the TDI.

Searched engine mount failure

Hth

[gathy]

Looks are deceiving ...best check mounts by rocking it under load whilst stationary and have someone check.easy to miss perished mounts on a inspection. But to be honest it also sounds like dual mass could be failing imho

[thompson8]

Hi thanks for the replies. Would the DMF get bet 'better' as the car gets warm as it definitely gets better when the car has been on a good 30 min run. Same with the engine mounts is it possible that the bushes are expanding when the engine bay gets hotter?

If it was a DMF how am I going to persuade the dealer to replace this?!

It's really annoying though as I usually only do 15 min journeys so the car barely heats up.

Thanks.