OK, it pains me to ask, because I really should know this, but...

 

I have Brimma's old MK2 Fabia Elemontevrs, and it has the CR177 blower fitted to the 1.6tdi engine.

 

A few weeks ago, when pulling onto a roundabout in the damp from standing, I floored it, and the inevitible wheel spin started, short shifted through 3 gears in order and nowt, no drive, but didn't feel like the wheels were spinning.  Smelled burning so assumed the clutch was slipping its nuts off.

 

Drove it conservatively thereafter, and no issues.  Decided once my van was fixed to give the beans again, and every time since it has been fine, all in the dry.  

 

Did the same thing on Monday, only this time I was actually in 2nd pulling out to overtake a truck going up an incline when I joined from the slip road, damp road again, no drive, wheels spun for a second, shifted it up, nowt, back down and lifted off a bit and it drove normal.  

 

I was initially assuming it was the clutch, but I have no other faults, and it quite happily pulled like a train yesterday up to the 10 dozen when a young lad was annoying me(I know, childish, but he was being a complete knob), so I am wondering how the ASR works on these, as I don't have an off switch that I can see, or I am wondering if maybe these have torque limiters and that is killing the drive when it is screaming that it has had enough.

 

Any advice greatly appreciated.

 

Lennie

Edited 17 May, 20179 yr by Jaspire

The ASR iirc was a £365 extra there should be a button above the heated window if it has asr. 

11 hours ago, AMD87 said:

The ASR iirc was a £365 extra there should be a button above the heated window if it has asr. 

Well that rules that out. 

 

Just weird that its only 'slipping' once the traction buggers off.

 

Thanks

 

Lennie