Re: 97 A4 1.8T clutch problem

[Paul Wilson <pwilson@pop.ma.ultranet.com>]

At 10:07 PM 6/18/98 EDT, Kwong Lau wrote:
>Hello everyone.  I have a 97 A4 1.8T non-quattro 5-speed manual trans. 
>I recently experienced this and wonder if anyone else had this problem.
>Everyone once in a while when I step on the clutch to start the car, the
>clutch
>does not pop back up all the way and sometimes it doesn't pop back up at
>all!  However, I can manually pull the clutch back up and it would be
>fine again.
>I took the car for its 1 year service and told them about this problem. 
>They could
>not duplicate this problem.  Since then, it has happened twice more.   
>Does
>anyone know what's causing this?  Thanks in advance!

In my old car(a Nissan SE-R), some of the rivets that hold the clutch
together came loose.  If they vibrated into the correct position, they'd
prevent the clutch from being pushed down.  For awhile, this happened
infrequently but it got worse.  I suppose it's conceivable that a rivet
that got loose in a different position could cause your problem.

I thought the A4 had a hydraulic clutch, but if it's a cable then this
could be the cause.

Good Luck
Paul Wilson