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Flywheel problem in Octavia Q?.

  • 30-01-2010 2:06pm
    #1
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭


    [2006 Octavia 1.9 Tdi with DSG gearbox]

    I've been experiencing a rattling noise from my engine/gearbox for awhile but recently noticed when I'd engage drive the noise would mostly stop. It wouldn't be there whilst driving.

    So this week I'd a timing belt, gearbox oil and service done and the mechanic breaks the news that the flywheel is the cause of the noise.

    Quoted me €1700 for a replacement flywheel and clutch, which is a sickner!.

    However he said that he's never seen or heard of one failing and that if I could live with the noise then I'd be fine.

    I guess I'm just looking for reassurances here, I've searched the net and haven't found anything that contradicts the mechanic so do you guys think I've anything to worry about.

    Tbh the last thing I need to do is go spending that kind of money on repairs.


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  • #2
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,466 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I dont know alot about them but its a common fault on those. I think it can break up and do further damage if it fails completely. Best get it done but you will certainly get a better price than that. I know the skoda dealer in mayo was quoting €1200 approx and many will do it for less.


  • #3
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    mickdw wrote: »
    I dont know alot about them but its a common fault on those. I think it can break up and do further damage if it fails completely. Best get it done but you will certainly get a better price than that. I know the skoda dealer in mayo was quoting €1200 approx and many will do it for less.

    I was thinking the same on the quote, I might actually price the job in N.I. and see what they come up with.

    If I got it under or around the grand I think I'd go for it.


  • #4
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Do a search, lots of posts on this.

    I got my clutch and FW done for €600 including parts.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59261356

    €1700 is a rip off.

    Also, don't drive the car for much longer without replacing it.


  • #5
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    quarryman wrote: »
    Do a search, lots of posts on this.

    I got my clutch and FW done for €600 including parts.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59261356

    €1700 is a rip off.

    Also, don't drive the car for much longer without replacing it.

    Oh its been like this for as long as I can remember, actually I'd mechanics telling it it was all sorts of things but the lad in Octavia in Prussia St, Dublin explained the whole thing to me.

    I'll check out Belfast on Monday of course, thanks.


  • #6
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    quarryman wrote: »
    Do a search, lots of posts on this.

    I got my clutch and FW done for €600 including parts.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59261356

    €1700 is a rip off.

    Also, don't drive the car for much longer without replacing it.

    Just an update, and a further 'thank you'.

    I've just got off the phone to Eugene @ Tom Walsh up in Belfast and he qouted me a price of £700 (xe.com = €800) parts and labour!.

    When I'm booking it he said we can talk about the price again :D

    Thank you, seriously you've saved me a ton of money.


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  • #7
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Leroy Ancient Waistline wrote: »
    Just an update, and a further 'thank you'.

    I've just got off the phone to Eugene @ Tom Walsh up in Belfast and he qouted me a price of £700 (xe.com = €800) parts and labour!.

    When I'm booking it he said we can talk about the price again :D

    Thank you, seriously you've saved me a ton of money.

    No problem. Thank the original poster of that thread as it was him that saved me the cash.

    Eugene is a good guy. He actually received the wrong part for me originally when doing the FW on my mondeo. He had the car fully stripped down before he found out. He re-booked me in very quickly and got the correct part without charging any extra for the lost day.

    Also, rather than ordering and fitting a new starter for me (since a dying clutch will cause dust to get into it) he just cleaned out the starter. Never had a problem since with it.

    He was very prompt on updating me on progress and charged exactly what the quote was.

    Your quote will vary depending on the price of the parts i guess.

    Out of interest I rang Ford Dublin on my way home and they wanted €2200. Totally disgraceful for a part that pre-maturely fails.


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ...well I priced the same job in an 02 A4 1.9tdi today, locally in Galway, and was quoted € €600 all-in.

    Looks like ye Dub guys are paying way too much for having a 'D' plate on ye're cars.........;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    quarryman wrote: »
    I got my clutch and FW done for €600 including parts.
    quarryman wrote: »
    Your quote will vary depending on the price of the parts i guess.
    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...well I priced the same job in an 02 A4 1.9tdi today, locally in Galway, and was quoted € €600 all-in.

    Looks like ye Dub guys are paying way too much for having a 'D' plate on ye're cars.........;)

    .


  • #10
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...well I priced the same job in an 02 A4 1.9tdi today, locally in Galway, and was quoted € €600 all-in.

    Looks like ye Dub guys are paying way too much for having a 'D' plate on ye're cars.........;)

    Were in Galway?


  • #11
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Dave Fallon Motors, Craughwell, 091 876655.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #12
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    After pricing around and seeking recommendations I went with Alan Fitzgerald Motors, Newtown Ind.Est, Dublin 17.

    I got the lot plus CV boots done for €980.

    The car feels like its driving in whisper mode now :p

    Thanks for the help guys.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
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    And no trip to Britain either.


  • #14
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Leroy Ancient Waistline wrote: »
    After pricing around and seeking recommendations I went with Alan Fitzgerald Motors, Newtown Ind.Est, Dublin 17.

    I got the lot plus CV boots done for €980.

    The car feels like its driving in whisper mode now :p

    Thanks for the help guys.

    Any reason not to take up Eugene's quote?


  • #15
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    quarryman wrote: »
    Any reason not to take up Eugene's quote?

    I live around the corner, so it was really just down to convenience.

    Tbh I'd have charged up to Belfast, but I was really stuck for the cash, again put the job on the long finger but last week the car was shaking its guts out.

    By that stage I was afraid to drive the car much longer, or further. Got a recommendation for this garage off some taxi drivers and hey presto.


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