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[ATYPIC]

SI actually stands for Stratified Injection, which is VW's funky way of saying Direct Injection

This was already covered on the previous page

[nomadx38]

My car has officially gone in to get the Mechatronics unit and clutches replaced. 20mins without my car and I'm already board. How the hell am I going to get through 2 days

[Hillbilly]

My car has officially gone in to get the Mechatronics unit and clutches replaced. 20mins without my car and I'm already board. How the hell am I going to get through 2 days

Ha ha Are your board as in wood or bored as in fed up

[nomadx38]

Haha I'm bored as hating my iPhone autocorrect!

[nomadx38]

Well the Mechatronics unit and clutches have been replaced and...well I can say there is very little difference. Still shifts quite slow at times (and slow in general in comparison to the GTI which uses the same box) and still does some weird things. It's not dumping the clutch in second any more (I think) which is a plus. Still dropped it once coasting down a hill while taking off. And also dropped it going into sport.

Acually this is a question for all you out there. When going into sport has anyone experienced it been quite rough and dropping the clutch into gear from say 7th to 5th?

If so what do you do to shift into Sport? Do you take your foot off the accelerator and then shift or do you just floor it and shift into Sport at the same time?

Thanks in advance.

[Lemonskin]

First time I ever had any weirdness with the Polo yesterday. In traffic, accelerating from 0kmh, around 20kmh there's a CLUNK, (felt it and heard it) car slows, then took off as normal. Might have been on the up shift from 1st to 2nd, not sure. Anyone felt that before? Any ideas what it might be? Hasn't happened again since.

[fastlane]

Wait for nomadx to chime in. He said he has had the clunks before but on a 77tsi!

[nomadx38]

Yeah I have this (had...?) this problem before and it has to do with the gearbox engaging, well in this case I would say dropping the clutch into the gear, sounding and feeling quite bad.

I just got my mechatronics unit and clutches replaced and its still a bit rough. It's a lot better than it was and I am seeing that more and more but it is still a bit rough going into second. I would say the clutches are still bedding in so I could blame it on that but really I think it is just "Normal" DSG behaviour.

If it started doing it every time you slowed and then accelerated (like mine used to) then I would get it looked at. Also if it struggles to go into a gear upon engaging for the first time that could also indicate a problem. Such as start to go up a hill in 6th, goes to shift up to 5th, engages the clutch and then let's off for a few milliseconds (long enough to really feel it) and then engage again.

Just wondering, when you go to take off, do you take your foot of the brake, let the clutch pick up some slack (just gripping) and then accelerate or do you just move from the brake to the accelerator within an instant?

Do you get it engaging rough going down slight hills where it just lurches into first gear?

[Nuggos]

I hear clucks all the time currently as i believe i have a faulty support bearing in the DSG, which is also causing a horrible rapid clattering noise when i take my foot off the accelerator

[nomadx38]

No the rattling I would consider normal, I'm 80% sure it has to do with the way they have set up the synchronisers to engage the first 3 gears which use many synchronisers in 1 so that it can engage "more" smoothly, in a system that as complex as it is cannot accommodate for all situations like heat expansion, load etc to give a smooth start every time. you will find it will never rattle in 4th and above because the synchronisers become less complex.