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Originally Posted by green van man
Yet my previous tdi P1 is on 230,000 miles on original clutch and flywheel.
I accept the dual mass flywheel has a finite life unlike the seemingly unlimited of solid, however they are not inherently short lived if treated with a bit of mechanical sympathy.
I was taught to ease the gearstick through the gate with fingertips not ram it through as if it were a pump handle as I see so many do. To get the wheels rolling before giving it a boot full of revs not dump the clutch on 4k etc. It's shock loading kills the dm flywheel springs and it's weak or broken springs kill the dm flywheel.
5 ton sprinter cherry picker constantly on stop start journeys made it to 185k before new clutch and flywheel needed.
Paul.
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Agreed, I still use old skool gear shifting and avoid off the mark stresses but the DMF’s do seem to be weaker than the old school clutches. 230K... impressive
TT
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