Hi there. I've got a 2016 Octavia vRS (pfl) 225 manual estate. It's been an absolute dream since I've had it. Only issue so far has been the water pump, which I got my local Skoda dealer to change for free

 

Anyway, I have started noticing something that may be an issue. I'm guessing it's clutch, but it's slightly odd and not what I'd expect to be the obvious issue with clutch issues. 

 

I've noticed it a couple of times now, but the first time I was in 6th gear at about 45mph then started accelarating gently up to 75mph. I hadn't changed gear at all, but I noticed that as I accelarated, around 2-2500 RPM the revs flaired briefly as if I had just dipped the clutch. It was only a small flair, and it didn't feel like I suddenly stopped accelarating completely or anything like that. I've been trying to replicate it again since so have been accelerating from low revs in gear (say about 1500rpm) and it does happen occasionally in 5th and less often in 4th. 

 

Normally, with a clutch, I would expect it to slip when changing gear, or being difficult to get in gear, but there aren't any issues in that respect - it's just been whilst in gear and accelarating gently from low revs. 

 

Cheers for any help

 

This sounds like clutch slip, you are putting alot of load on the clutch at low RPM, best thing even if you are gentle is to change down 1 or 2 gears and accelerate. This will be more common than struggling to get into gear.

55 minutes ago, Dooge said:

This sounds like clutch slip, you are putting alot of load on the clutch at low RPM, best thing even if you are gentle is to change down 1 or 2 gears and accelerate. This will be more common than struggling to get into gear.

Thanks for that - that's what I feared, although it's something that I always suspected would need looking at at some point before long. 

replace with an uprated clutch rather than the same again, book a remap and wonder why you waited so long

 

1 hour ago, encephalopathy said:

replace with an uprated clutch rather than the same again, book a remap and wonder why you waited so long

 

not sure whether my wife and bank balance would agree with that...  

A remap is definitely on the cards for me but having had a remapped manual MK6 GTi I know the clutches are made out of cheese and paper Machè. Even stock I don't think they are up to much abuse.