My wifes car had to be rescued by a recovery lorry yesterday due to what seems to be sudden clutch failure.
Its a 1998 a4 2.8 30v quattro avant with 5 speed gearbox and has had a new clutch fitted not long before we bought the car.
No signs of impending doom, car drove great with no slipping, crunching or strange smells or noises.
Driving along and went to change from 3rd to 4th when the clutch pedal stayed on the floor and unable to select any gears, luckily I managed to coast to safe spot to stop.
Once stopped the pedal returned to normal position and feels fine and gears can now be selected again but when you let the clutch out the car goes nowhere.
I managed to get it raised up a bit today for a look underneath and all seems present and correct. No leaking fluid from the slave cylinder, clutch plates look brand new through the inspection window and as far as I can tell all cv joints and the prop are still connected.
I'm wondering if anyone has any other possible causes I could be looking for ?
I'm thinking if something has failed inside the bellhousing it'll have to go into a garage to get repaired, I don't have the facilities. I would like to check the simpler stuff first before getting my wallet turned inside out though.
Cheers
Michael
Its a 1998 a4 2.8 30v quattro avant with 5 speed gearbox and has had a new clutch fitted not long before we bought the car.
No signs of impending doom, car drove great with no slipping, crunching or strange smells or noises.
Driving along and went to change from 3rd to 4th when the clutch pedal stayed on the floor and unable to select any gears, luckily I managed to coast to safe spot to stop.
Once stopped the pedal returned to normal position and feels fine and gears can now be selected again but when you let the clutch out the car goes nowhere.
I managed to get it raised up a bit today for a look underneath and all seems present and correct. No leaking fluid from the slave cylinder, clutch plates look brand new through the inspection window and as far as I can tell all cv joints and the prop are still connected.
I'm wondering if anyone has any other possible causes I could be looking for ?
I'm thinking if something has failed inside the bellhousing it'll have to go into a garage to get repaired, I don't have the facilities. I would like to check the simpler stuff first before getting my wallet turned inside out though.
Cheers
Michael
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