Hi All,

 

My beloved barge is in the garage having a master clutch cylinder replaced :'(

 

Bit disappointed really as it has only done 38500ish miles.

 

Anyway, bill will be ca. £380 - has anyone had similar and is that roughly the going rate?

 

Cheers.

Hi All,

 

My beloved barge is in the garage having a master clutch cylinder replaced :'(

 

Bit disappointed really as it has only done 38500ish miles.

 

Anyway, bill will be ca. £380 - has anyone had similar and is that roughly the going rate?

 

Cheers.

38k? I'd ask your dealer to get some goodwill contribution from SUK..

How old is the car?

It's four years old this month.

Master cylinder has been replaced but hasn't solved the problem so they're looking at the pipework.

 

Surely that would have been the first thing to do?

 

If new pipework doesn't fix it the gearbox will have to come out.

 

:(

The slave cylinder is the other thing to look at with the pipework. If the pipes aren't leaking there's not a lot else to go wrong with them.

Yep, master cylinder replacement didn't solve the problem, nor did the pipework. So the slave cylinder has to be replaced, gearbox out etc. It's been with the garage two weeks now but hope to get it back today or Monday.

 

The not-so-bad news is that the garage have got 45% goodwill from Skoda so roughly half the cost.

 

Oh, and it passed its MOT

Yep, master cylinder replacement didn't solve the problem, nor did the pipework. So the slave cylinder has to be replaced, gearbox out etc. It's been with the garage two weeks now but hope to get it back today or Monday.

 

The not-so-bad news is that the garage have got 45% goodwill from Skoda so roughly half the cost.

 

Oh, and it passed its MOT

 

Blimey,

 

Is the slave cylnder not replaceable without taking gearbox out?

 

Might be worth fitting a new clutch whilst gearbox is off anyway

Edited 16 October, 201510 yr by bigjohn

The slave is inside the bell housing, so has to come out. I had one go on a 2 year old Audi, and when they replaced it under warranty they replaced the friction plate anyway because it was covered in fluid.

 

It's quite a common design, and therefore a weak point on many modernish cars.

The slave is inside the bell housing, so has to come out. I had one go on a 2 year old Audi, and when they replaced it under warranty they replaced the friction plate anyway because it was covered in fluid.

 

It's quite a common design, and therefore a weak point on many modernish cars.

 

I'm sure the slave cylinder on my Superb I 1.9 pd 100 (5 speed) was outside the bell housing - not 100% sure as it never needed attention in 170k miles (original clutch etc...)

 

I've just had a peek at my Superb II 1.4tsi (6 speed) and the slave cylinder is on the top of the bell housing (outside!) - presumably a very different gearbox because it's a petrol

 

Probably a good idea to bleed the clutch hydraulics with fresh fluid at the same time as changing the brake fluid on servicing - it's all fed from the same brake fluid reservoir. Saying that failing at 2 years - what are these things made of? 

Edited 16 October, 201510 yr by bigjohn

OK I've just done a bit of research and it looks like the later 2.0 diesel manual gearboxes have a concentric clutch that is effectively a slave cylinder and release bearing built into one device - hence the need to remove the gearbox. Its mounted over the first motion shaft

 

I think (but not 100% sure) that the 1.6 diesel , 1.4/1.8 tsi petrols have external slave cylinders  

Edited 16 October, 201510 yr by bigjohn

I don't understand how the garage thought they could fix the unit without removing the gearbox. Makes you wonder what they actually did for the 380