My stock, unmodified 2012 Golf R has been behaving oddly under throttle the past few days. 72,000 miles on the odo.
With my foot nowhere near the clutch and in 4th gear or higher, medium throttle or more, as soon as the turbo has built significant boost around 3200rpm, the RPMs increase quickly but there is little acceleration resulting.
One might think the added torque from the boost is causing the clutch to slip especially against the higher gears, right? Well, here's where it gets odd.
Full throttle in 1st, 2nd, 3rd gear is no problem at all, no drama. In 4th, when the RPMs reach ~3200, they jump to ~4000 and then immediately back down to ~3200 and the car resumes strong acceleration. Again, only occurs in gears 4,5,6.
After a test drive, local mechanic agrees it is not a simple case of a dying clutch.
Any thoughts or similar experiences? Thanks in advance!
With my foot nowhere near the clutch and in 4th gear or higher, medium throttle or more, as soon as the turbo has built significant boost around 3200rpm, the RPMs increase quickly but there is little acceleration resulting.
One might think the added torque from the boost is causing the clutch to slip especially against the higher gears, right? Well, here's where it gets odd.
Full throttle in 1st, 2nd, 3rd gear is no problem at all, no drama. In 4th, when the RPMs reach ~3200, they jump to ~4000 and then immediately back down to ~3200 and the car resumes strong acceleration. Again, only occurs in gears 4,5,6.
After a test drive, local mechanic agrees it is not a simple case of a dying clutch.
Any thoughts or similar experiences? Thanks in advance!