slipping clutch

[doogle749]

My TSI decided to start slipping in 3rd gear and up when the turbo whould kick in (3000 rpm +) so i replacerd the clutch pressure plate and flywheel Fun week...

Now the same so.... i replaced the master and slave cylinder bled and adjusted still the same I may be a nube here but i have a few years under the hood

 

[dented_coffee]

A glazed clutch can cause it to slip. Did you buy a new flywheel or get it re surfaced? If it was re-surfaced were the pressure plates mounting ears surfaced as well? My friend saks that it might also be synoro's going out.

 

[my dreamt dsm]

Is it still slipping as bad as it use to or did it feel a little better.
I had a really bad slipping clutch and when i open it up the stock disc was so bad that it almost ate the flywheel. After I put in the act it still does the same but not as much. My rpm get's stuck around 4.5- 5k rpms.
You might need to do more adjusting to the master. If you have a buddy with a dsm have him over and check where the nuts sit on the master rod and go from there.

 

[dented_coffee]

Is it still slipping as bad as it use to or did it feel a little better.
I had a really bad slipping clutch and when i open it up the stock disc was so bad that it almost ate the flywheel. After I put in the act it still does the same but not as much. My rpm get's stuck around 4.5- 5k rpms.
You might need to do more adjusting to the master. If you have a buddy with a dsm have him over and check where the nuts sit on the master rod and go from there.

That don't sound like a slipping clutch dude! Every last vehicle that I have been in with a slipping clutch acted like this. WOT RPM's go up as normal untill the RPM's get high then they shoot higher really fast like a rocket. A really bad slipping clutch will possibly not let your car do anyware no matter how hard to try. If you put a new ACT clutch kit in then your clutch should have been perfect unless it was installed incorrectly or your burning the clutch up causing glazing. A glazed clutch actes like a slipping clutch some of the time.

 

[Cspaintballer]

That don't sound like a slipping clutch dude! Every last vehicle that I have been in with a slipping clutch acted like this. WOT RPM's go up as normal untill the RPM's get high then they shoot higher really fast like a rocket. A really bad slipping clutch will possibly not let your car do anyware no matter how hard to try. If you put a new ACT clutch kit in then your clutch should have been perfect unless it was installed incorrectly or your burning the clutch up causing glazing. A glazed clutch actes like a slipping clutch some of the time.

When my clutch was glazed it slipped more then when my clutch wore out. When my clutch finaly wore out after 123k i dropped the tranny and replaced it myself. It wasnt slipping terrible bad but usualy over 3500 rpms it would slip. And there was barely and clutch left when i dropped the trans. My girlfriend however bottomed out the car 3 months later and glazed the clutch. I drove it home and i was not able to give it a bunch of gas.

Another way to tell a glazed clutch is let your car sit for a day and then take it out. You will probably notice that the clutch is not slipping at all. Well keep driving around then start to heat up the clutch. If you start to feather the clutch the glazed will heat up and cause the clutch to slip again

 

[LiquidX]

I would have been wise for you to get a new clutch put in when you had it all apart. I've driven vehicles with clutches that were so bad that if you gave it enough gas to allow any torque to come in then it would slip regardless of RPM.

If you are going to replace it and want to keep it as a street disc then look into getting a Kevlar disc. It may be a little more money over an organic composite style but Kevlar will take the abuse so much better.

Composite style disc when heated up from slipping will glaze and form kitty hair/dust which will greatly shorten the life span of the clutch itself.

Kevlar on the other hand is a much more resilient material and when it's heated up you'll start to slip which is normal, however, when the disc cools down you regain the original properties and a perfectly working clutch.

If you're looking to make 400 and under (torque depending) then a Kevlar disc would be suite you greatly. Once and if that would really start slipping on you from increased power then step it up to ceramic.