Golf IV / Jetta IV :: Car Will Not Go In Gear When On But Will When Off
Oct 18, 2014
The car was starting to have issues going into gear after a night of cruising. Then I was experiencing what I am thinking was clutch creep. The clutch would be down and in gear and the car wanted to slowly roll.
What I have done to try and fix it:
I have bled the system many times to get all the air out(i believe), and also readjusted the the linkage. NOW, the car will not go into gear when it is on but will when it is off. I have the car on stands at the moment and it will shift through all the gears when the car is on just the wheels spin since it is in the air.
The clutch/flywheel/pp/throw out bearing all have less then 2k miles on them. Tranny fluid has been replaced with Penzoil syncomesh. I have yet to ever do a hard launch.
Clutchmasters Fx400, OEM DMFW.
Car is an 02m trans w/o the black cap in the side so I cannot do the washer/gasket mod for clutch creep. Believe I have to order NLS shim kit and put behind the throw out bearing.
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Background facts:
Tranny swapped from my 4 speed auto to a 1.8t o2j 5spd
13lb. Light flywheel
Powerflex dogbone mounts
Peloquin LSD
The problem: Very hard to get a smooth shift from gear to gear. Trust me, I know how to drive, but I can always feel the car shifting into a different gear if you know what I'm saying. On my friend's bone stock Jetta, I just let the clutch out without gas in between shifts and you don't feel a thing.
On my car, you feel EVERYTHING. People have told me the light flywheel will make the ride more uncomfortable in many ways, especially since the RPMs drop much quicker in between shifts than stock.
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Ive seen most people have issues with the 1st-2nd shift fork and have this causing the reverse issues.
2005 GLI 1.8t
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This problem does not occur every time i turn the car on however, i did notice that sometimes when i go to turn the car on instead of the car starting in quickly, it will start hard after sever cranks and this is usually when i have this issue. it is very weird almost like there is a rev limiter on and i can usually fix the problem if i get up to highway speeds and downshift hard into 3rd and the car will shudder once or twice and will drive like normal again. What could be wrong i was thinking it might be a bad O2 sensor or a vacuum leak somewhere.
Just to clarify what i mean by it wont rev past 3100 rpm i mean that i can start from idle and accelerate normally and when it gets to 3100 rpm the power goes away and will just stay there even i put my foot all the way down. I can shift up and the same thing will happen i will accelerate normally but then once i reach 3100 rpm again it will stay there.
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Tried searching and no luck ... Thinking shift forks but hoping not since don't want to drop the transmission and it could be something else ...
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