RS4 Clutch Issues

[Davesrs4]

Hi Guys,
Having brought an RS4 last month from a Garage in Sevenoaks, i seem to be getting clutch issues, but seemingly only in reverse or 1st gear up steep hills where i would be greeted with a strong burning clutch smell. I got a feeling the clutch could be on its way out, is there any way to tell for sure? also, how much would it be to replace as i have been quoted from good ol Audi in Crawley £1346 for the Clutch incl Labour and Vat, and also £1000 for the DMF as well. so worst case scenario im looking at £2400.
Im also thinking if this is something i could get back from the garage under warranty?
any help here would be great as my mechanical skills are non existant.

[sar]

£2400 for a clutch and dmf sounds big money, you can buy a LUK clutch kit for around £200 and the LUK dmf are around £500 so audi are wanting £1700 labour! (LUK are oem manufacturer).

obviously if you can get the garage where you bought it from to sort it then great, if not i would buy the parts myself and go to a good independent.

[Davesrs4]

Many Thanks sar, i think thats the best bet. I am looking to go to QSTuning for my work as they are based in Haywards Heath and not too far from me at all. I will do a search for LUK kit.
Thanks again

[sar]

eurocarparts are doing the LUK clutch kit for £206.40 then enter SPRING20 at the checkout for 20% off, so about £160 ish.
they don't list the flywheel, however it may be worth giving them a ring as they should be able to supply an LUK one and 20% off the dmf as well would be a bonus.

[TonyHayers]

I'm having mine replaced at Unit20 right now. Labour is something like £530 inc VAT. I enquired about LUK one from eurocarparts but Grizz didn't rate em, so have gone with genuine at £290 inc vat.

Dave, I'd go independent if I were you.

[spikeyboy101]

When i had mine replaced i got the LUK cluthc kit from Eurocar parts - think it was £152 inc vat - with the offer they were doing at the time.

Flywheel retail from APS is £797.66 ex vat - my indy managed to get OEM one for £782 inc VAT - i beileve from APS _ i had a contact at APS who could have got me one at £709 but had to pick it up which was a pain.

Labour is about 8 hours - so an Indy will probably be £60 plus Vat = £576

So all in you shoul dbe able to get it doen for around: £152 + £ 782 + £576 = £1,510

May be worth having the Master and Slave Cylinders and Clutch return pipe replaced at same time - this will add a small amount to the over all cost.


One issue that the garage may have is undoing the 6 studs that hold the exhaust to the manifold - these are prone to rust in place due to be aluminium to steel - if this has happend then the studs need to be cut of, retapped and new studs put in - stud cost about £6 from Audi - just adds a bit to the labour.

Normal sign of the clutch going is the peddle will stick down with sprinted driving.

How many miles has the car done ? how long since you bought it ?

[sar]

I'm having mine replaced at Unit20 right now. Labour is something like £530 inc VAT. I enquired about LUK one from eurocarparts but Grizz didn't rate em, so have gone with genuine at £290 inc vat.

Dave, I'd go independent if I were you.

hmmm LUK make them for audi, i have had a genuine new audi clutch kit in my hands and it has LUK stamped all over it?.
also just been out to my garage where my original clutch and flywheel are sat in a box after having my loba set up installed and all are stamped LUK.
and you can deffo buy LUK dual mass flywheels for £500.

[sutts]

AmD at Lakeside, Essex did my clutch and flywheel recently using OEM parts - think it was around £1850 for that. Also did slave and master cylinders and clutch return pipe at the same time. I think the total bill came to just over 2k. They take a lot of care and know the cars better than most dealers I imagine.

[TonyHayers]

I'm having mine replaced at Unit20 right now. Labour is something like £530 inc VAT. I enquired about LUK one from eurocarparts but Grizz didn't rate em, so have gone with genuine at £290 inc vat.

Dave, I'd go independent if I were you.

hmmm LUK make them for audi, i have had a genuine new audi clutch kit in my hands and it has LUK stamped all over it?.
also just been out to my garage where my original clutch and flywheel are sat in a box after having my loba set up installed and all are stamped LUK.
and you can deffo buy LUK dual mass flywheels for £500.

Hrm, ok, that's what I thought too, but grizz seemed to say differently.

Maybe the audi stamped ones are a different quality to LUK own-branded ones???

I'll mention to grizz when I'm in to pick it up.

[Davesrs4]

Thanks a lot guys, sorry for the late reply. Spikey, i brought the car about a Month ago and it had 59k on it, its now on 60K. i did try sprinting from 1st to second and it did stick for a split second. Although it hasnt happened since. i just try not driving around certain hilly roads in Brighton, they should use cable cars on some of those roads!!!
Im taking it for a 60k service at QS Tuning tomorow so i shall see what they think.
Thanks again for the input