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Old 08-26-2009, 09:39 AM
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The car was on 3rd gear when this happened, the light was red so I pressed the clutch and put it to Neutral. Suddenly the light turned Green and I put it back in third (since I had not lost momentum and was rolling at same speed).
Here's the bad part; I think I did this way to quick for my car (it's a manuel stage 3). I did things super fast and when I let go of the clutch I herd a BIG BANG coming from the center.
After that the car was really messed up. I parked it on the side and checked under since I was hearing some sort of noise as if something was making the same sound as the friction of metal on the asphalt when rolling.
Everything seemed normal under the car, I get back in and when I tried to shift into 1st gear, it was extremely difficult because I had this impression that their was A LOT OF resistance! from all sides.
I manage to get it into 1st gear and drove the car all the way home (less then 0.5 mile) at less then 15miles per hour.
While driving, I could not stop hearing bang, bang,bang and once home. I tried to check if it could go in 2 just to check (was parked at that point).
Now parked, I can't get it out of 1st gear, it will move a little towards the 2nd gear.. or else it won't budge or anything.
I'm really freaked out right... don't know what to do... honestly!!
Please I need advice.. my car is an audi a4 1999 quattro
 
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Old 08-26-2009, 09:50 AM
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Did you mean its a stage 3 clutch? How many miles are on it?
 
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Old 08-26-2009, 09:58 AM
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it has 216xxx km's.. but the clutch was changed last year, and their rest of the components were checked.. (fxmaster4000)
 
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Old 08-26-2009, 10:17 AM
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Those are symptoms of a broken pressure plate. Was the pressure plate replaced when the new clutch was put in?
 
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Old 08-26-2009, 01:11 PM
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Honestly, I don't know... I hope it's not the transmission that I have to change... :'(
 
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Old 08-31-2009, 06:10 PM
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Well...
It's going to be completed tomorrow,
Final Estimation; ~1,800$ without taxes

Had to change the transmission [they found a used one] and new clutch Kit..
Hope this can help other people.. :/
 
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Old 08-31-2009, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by exequiel3k
Well...
It's going to be completed tomorrow,
Final Estimation; ~1,800$ without taxes

Had to change the transmission [they found a used one] and new clutch Kit..
Hope this can help other people.. :/
Soo... what's wrong with the trans??
 
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Old 08-31-2009, 10:23 PM
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So does this mean our transmission can't handle a stage 3 clutch? That sucks. Well I probably wouldn't go over stage 2 anyway. Sorry that happened man. There goes some more money into these blood suckers.
 
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Old 08-31-2009, 11:21 PM
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So does this mean our transmission can't handle a stage 3 clutch?
Absolutely not. This is not a widespread issue. We don't even know what went wrong. Plenty of guys are running GT35 or bigger turbos on stock 5 speeds with SB or CM stage 4 or 5 clutch kits.
 
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Old 08-31-2009, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Tweaked
Absolutely not. This is not a widespread issue. We don't even know what went wrong. Plenty of guys are running GT35 or bigger turbos on stock 5 speeds with SB or CM stage 4 or 5 clutch kits.
Oh damn! Never mind then. That's good to know then for when I get some mod money. So this could just be an isolated incident that calls for some further investigation.
 


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