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 27th March 2013 12:30
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Bad luck
 I know a lot of VAG people upgrade to fixed mass flywheels on clutch replacement as they are much cheaper than the standard dual mass flywheels - but from my passenger experience it increases the vibrations felt through the chassis. -------------------- Websites are like a**eholes, everyone has one, and im wary of any bloke trying to direct people into their's.
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27th March 2013 13:57
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1.8 16v Group: Veteran Posts: 7,368 Joined: 7th September 2009 Local Time: 27th January 2021 20:07 From: Lincolnshire Member No.: 4,404 Driving: So many Alfa's From: Lincolnshire |
why dont people buy petrols?! so much cheaper to maintain and run! you just dont need all that torque in a 3 door hatchback.
-------------------- 'You know you're a true petrol head when you've had to buy parts for your Alfa'
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27th March 2013 15:08
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 Forum Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 9,490 Joined: 11th June 2005 Local Time: 27th January 2021 21:07 From: South Oxfordshire, UK Member No.: 954 Driving: Alfa 145 QV, Lancia Delta Integrale Evo, SEAT Leon Mk2 FR+ TDI DSG From: South Oxfordshire, UK |
QUOTE(NaanBread @ 27th March 2013 13:57)  why dont people buy petrols?! so much cheaper to maintain and run! you just dont need all that torque in a 3 door hatchback. The FSi engine is a petrol engine 
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27th March 2013 16:14
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QUOTE(GialloEvo94 @ 27th March 2013 16:08) The FSi engine is a petrol engine Haha Nathan you dipshit!!! hahah --------------------  |
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27th March 2013 18:52
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6 Speed? that age of 6 speed has a reputation for being weak
As for the DMF, as AJ said, most people who care more about reliability than refinement fit SMF conversion kits, but they are worse for vibration on the Diesels, for some ungodly reason they fitted DMF's to all the petrols aswell!! it helps with torque delivery to the fragile 6 speed boxes but makes the flywheels a consumable part! and an expensive one at that! --------------------  |
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27th March 2013 18:55
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Well... That's that pretty much designated as bin material. Took it to a guy in Nottingham and he has found:
6th gear is f**ked 3rd gear is badly worn Crownwheel has a big chunk missing out of it Obviously, the casing is bu**ered too Over £700 to make useable. Time to look on eBay me thinks. Mind you, he did speak most highly about Alfa gearboxes! 
-------------------- Keep left unless overtaking - Use mirrors and signals when changing lanes - Keep within the white lines - Don't tailgate Its not exactly f**king rocket science is it?  If you cut a horse in half, then bang the two halves together, you get exactly the same noise as someone riding a coconut! |
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28th March 2013 10:48
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1.6 8v Group: Regular Posts: 928 Joined: 25th March 2009 Local Time: 27th January 2021 21:07 From: Up North Member No.: 4,027 Driving: Alfa 145 QV, Merc E300TD, Opel Omega GSi From: J28 off of the M1 |
QUOTE(AJ @ 27th March 2013 12:30) I know a lot of VAG people upgrade to fixed mass flywheels on clutch replacement as they are much cheaper than the standard dual mass flywheels - but from my passenger experience it increases the vibrations felt through the chassis. I did look into the conversion kit, but then found a full Sachs DMF kit for £360, so I went with that. Also, my reckoning was that someone who supposedly knew what they were doing designed this heap of junk to have a DMF, so I wasn't going to change it. This was confirmed by Scott (the gearbox guy) who has performed conversions before and said that a solid flywheel would make the car horrible to drive in any sort of traffic. QUOTE(Hybrd @ 27th March 2013 18:52) 6 Speed? that age of 6 speed has a reputation for being weak After a bit of t'Internetting, I've found shitloads of failures with these crappy gearboxes, and it's not just the 6 speed ones either, it seems to be pretty much across the range of 02x type gearboxes, even some as low as 20,000 to 30,000 miles have failed in a similar and spectacular way. It says a lot when VAG don't have any of the cover/bell housing plate in stock in the UK. Modern German cars can go bo****ks, I'm sticking with my galactic-mileage Alfa! 
-------------------- Keep left unless overtaking - Use mirrors and signals when changing lanes - Keep within the white lines - Don't tailgate Its not exactly f**king rocket science is it? If you cut a horse in half, then bang the two halves together, you get exactly the same noise as someone riding a coconut! |
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28th March 2013 13:54
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1.8 16v Group: Veteran Posts: 7,368 Joined: 7th September 2009 Local Time: 27th January 2021 20:07 From: Lincolnshire Member No.: 4,404 Driving: So many Alfa's From: Lincolnshire |
QUOTE(GialloEvo94 @ 27th March 2013 15:08) The FSi engine is a petrol engine Awkward moment.... I thought I was told it was diesel when I was Fins couple of weeks back. Moral of the story has to change then...Dont buy VAG or anything nazi 
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28th March 2013 22:45
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Dont buy a anything that has a DMF
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28th March 2013 22:47
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DMF's are generally a PITA, whatever vehicle they are in! However, some vehicles are worse than others. We have Shogun ones that are fairly common to go for over a grand, and Nissan might as well have made their Navara DMF's out of paper mache
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29th March 2013 00:21
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how do they work or how different are they to the ones use?
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