possibly not the best section but just checking.

I've got a 2006 golf, it's the 1.9 PD engine with 6 speed dsg. I can hear the flywheel rattling away so wanting to get it changed.

What have you guys been charged or quoted to supply and fit one?

Thanks

Anyone?

There is only one flywheel available for the 6 speed DSG.

 

You can get it from ECP for £294;

 

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Skoda_Octavia_1.9_2008/p/car-parts/car-transmission/clutch-and-associated-parts/flywheel/?336445130&1&8cebbbcf0ee2a66b27c25f8f75ce7c82e758f323&000134

 

Then the new bolts for £5.99:

 

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Skoda_Octavia_1.9_2008/p/car-parts/car-transmission/clutch-and-associated-parts/flywheel/?640440500&1&b42f7fef7a1382622049e18905acc6dd11209ded&000468

 

If you can find somewhere that will let you supply the parts then that's probably cheaper then they can get them for.

 

Factor in a few hours labour to remove and refit the gearbox and you're probably looking about £600 possibly a little less depending on their labour costs.

 

Phil

P.s. you can probably get them even cheaper from ebay but obviously the lack of warranty on them may put you off.

Not quite Phil. The flywheel on the 1.9 and 2.0 TDI are different part numbers.

 

 

The below are LUK part numbers. 

 

1.9

336445130

 

2.0

336445050

Expect to budget around 3-4 hours labour from a garage.

 

It is possible to do DIY if you're that way inclined.

 

Edited 26 October, 201510 yr by softscoop

You can get the flywheel and bolts for less than £260 from carparts4less.

 

Edited 26 October, 201510 yr by softscoop

I'm thinking I might try it myself, I've done plenty 6 speed manual...

I'm just a little worried with it being a DSG somthing might go wrong, I've literally never touched the dsg gearbox.

Let me know how you get on if you do.

 

Mine is rattling, and DIY is about the only way I could afford to do it.

To be honest there's not really much more to it over a manual box.

 

There's the usual drive shafts to remove, cable from the gear selector etc.

 

There is also an oil cooler to disconnect which means either draining some coolant out or clamping the pipes.

 

Other than that it's principally the same as the DSG is a self contained unit and also very compact and no bigger than a normal manual box to be honest.

 

If you can DIY a manual box change then you can do this one with no problem.

That's good to know. I was worried about the torque converter etc on other automatics...

I take it the thrust bearing needs changing as well or?

There's no torque converter to worry about. The clutches are hidden away inside the gearbox. Pretty sure there's no thrust bearing as the clutches don't operate the same as a manual one.

 

Phil

This video may be useful. I've watched it before out of curiosity;

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35jzCS6MOds

i also have the same issue.

 

is it worth changing the clutch at the same time?

 

also, it may be worth doing the dsg fluid change too.

 

Is there a procedure to 'park' the gearbox first for maintenance?

 

Kaz

The DSG has two clutches and unless the box has very high miles I doubt they would be any where near worn. They are made up of several layers of discs and clutch material and are lubricated with oil so don't tend to wear out too quickly;

 

 

The fluid should be changed every 40k miles regardless of age so if it hasn't had one done then yes it needs doing but better to do it with the gearbox in place I think unless you drain the oil out before to make it a little lighter.

 

No procedure to park the box no. Just put it into neutral before starting the work.

 

Phil

Edited 26 October, 201510 yr by Phil-E

All sounds good to me Phil, thanks for the posts.

I'm not sure when the dsg gearbox fluid was changed so will do that at the same time, although I know that's a little tricky to do as well!

It's actually quite straight forward to change yourself.

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/326997-diy-6-speed-dsg-oil-filter-change/

Easy peasy is the oil change! See my posts on page 2 with a picture of the filler I used.

 

I still have some of that pipe if you want an small length of it as it was a perfect fit over the filter housing and allowed a funnel in the other end.

 

Phil

Well it all sounds so simple now

Thanks for the replies

Just got a few prices from euro on my trade account.

Flywheel - £263.98

Dsg oil - £7.00 litre

Dsg filter £6.80

So around £300 if I do it all myself, makes it sound a little better when I put it that way. How much oil does it usually take?

Just got a few prices from euro on my trade account.

Flywheel - £263.98

Dsg oil - £7.00 litre

Dsg filter £6.80

So around £300 if I do it all myself, makes it sound a little better when I put it that way. How much oil does it usually take?

Make sure to get the bolts, too.

i think it takes 5.5 litres on a refill

ah right, thats quite abit but makes sence beign an automatic. That makes oil and filter changes quite expensive then.

I used less than 5 litres.

 

Doing it the method in the thread linked to above you remove 4.5 litres and refill with 4.6 litres so you only need 5 bottles not 6 (I bought 6 and so have a bottle spare for the next change).

 

It's a pretty high capacity as it needs to pump the oil around the gearbox all the time and also use it to operate the clutches and lubricate/cool them.

 

Phil

I did my DSG flywheel earlier in the summer, and I would echo all that Phil has said.

 

It is fairly straight forward. The only main issues I ran into that you might not get with the manual transmission, is that I had to remove part of the front subframe (remember to get tracking checked once its back together) to actually get the transmission out as it's a bit bigger than the manual. A transmission jack is a must, as it is very heavy. Remember to remove the starter motor before you start as there is a hidden mounting bolt in there which is easy to miss.