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Originally Posted by abaya
It's not a Jetta, it's a Golf. But I have to take it for a short road trip today... we'll see if it survives getting back. I would not replace the clutch myself... no way. Thanks for the advice guys, will get back to you!
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I either have to stop reading through technical posts so late or simply stop responding to them.
Kat said Jetta so I got that stuck in my head. Sorry.
Really everything Fotzlid said makes sense to me.
I don't know any more about a Golf then a Jetta, but if it's FWD it's a pain, IMO. Heck even with the old VW Bug's the manual starts out with "remove the engine" when detailing the clutch replacement. But that's all in-line and is basically four bell housing bolts, a fuel line and a few wires and the engine can be lowered out of the rear of the vehicle. A friend of mine and I had it down to under 10 mins. from car to bench. Most, maybe all?, of these FWD vehicles have an engine sitting sideways above or just in front of the tranny and clutch assy. And there's seemingly no room to get a wrench in anywhere.
I hate working on this type of engine. My daughter's second car was a Mitsubishi Eclipse. After owning it for a couple months the timing belt broke. 42K on the car but the kid who owned it before her modified the exhaust and the turbo. I'm not sure exactly how that adds stress to a timing belt, but 42k's not very many miles on a belt. I replaced that and it will be the last FWD vehicle I ever work on. Even changing the oil filter was a nightmare on that car. Given the choice between working on a FWD car and having a hammer pound my testicles flat... I'd take the hammer.