i originally bought from a scoundrel AA promise dealer in essex an 09 l&k 1.9 petrol octavia with 70k miles on it (had all the mot certificates) ... and when i drove it away i noticed the dsg gear selector number with a D in front showing on the dash was flashing ... i thought all the 65 miles home 'i need to check that' ... that had the dsg7 gears 

 

i parked up on my drive that afternoon and next morning went to drive when it wouldn't start and a horrible number of impossible issues flashed up on the dash ... called the AA out ... i knew Richard our local guy 

 

he tested the battery straight off ... dead ... in fact he said that is the most dead battery i've come across ... they charged that up just to get rid of you.... he checked the alternator ... it was charging fine 

 

richard went to start the car with new £150 battery he had on board it started straight off ... no issues flashed up but he noticed the P was flashing on the dash ... best get that looked at that's not right 

 

i used to work part time at a local great family run independent nearbye and off i went ... the guys got underneath and found it should not have passed an mot and put the computer on to check the dsg and it came up dry clutch plates very thin 

 

so that had the car going back ... another story 

 

why i say all this is i then bought privately an estate vrs tdi cr 12 plate 110k miles checked by the crew again this also has dsg and it's good still ... drives really well with padels as well with the dsg6 box 

 

so i heard at some point the dsg dry twin clutch plates were given 'oil' to run in ? 

 

when did that happen and can i tell if my 12 plate has them ? 

 

the oil plates are apparently more reliable

 

any thoughts please  

 

tom 

ok i now know from the haynes autofix on-line only manual 

 

 

 

2.0 TDI or TSI never had DQ200 Twin Dry Clutch DSG's.

 

Just cars / vans with 250 Nm or less.  1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 TSI's, 192 ps or less FWD or 1.2, 1.4 or 1.6 TDI FWD,s.

Edited 27 November, 20223 yr by toot

toot ... thank you ... i know have all the info on the DQ250 ... so many possible numbers for this stuff 

 

very kind of you ... i smile when i see your forum name ... sweet memories 

 

my mum was a christina (scottish lass thru and thru) yet her brothers all 3 called her toots ... and when asked why they just smiled and shrugged there shoulders 

 

only they could call her toots 

 

hope i can help here a little as i settle in 

 

i'm hot on criminal law ... and pretty good on common law ... now particularly on the consumer act 

 

did you know you can get a bank 'charge back' on debit cards as well as credit card payments that have gone 'sparrows' up 

 

i eventually got my long overdue full refund ... after returning the 1st car ... dont have to give any reason for the return and must be refunded in 14 days max ...after 30 days i had logged a charge back as the dealers were saying refund at 33 days ... then i suddenly got paid... i rang the bank to say i'm ok and was told they had closed the case an hour back ... asked why he said ... oh we ring them and did so this morning ... we asked when as we were due to pay you today ... they said shortly ... we say well we will pay him and your credit will be zero with all banks under the scheme and that will be recorded until you have honoured the debt ... they paid me within 15 mins of the bank call ! ... shows the power of banks over dodgy dealers 

 

cheers 

ill go for number 1 🤣