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Got the belt, waterpump, clutch & flywheel replaced and all is now OK :D Apparently the flywheel was a right mess..

Was looking at getting an Astra before opting for the FR.. decided I wouldn't risk getting an Astra as there were reviews everywhere saying the DMF's on them were crap! Are all DMF's in general crap then? What causes a DMF to go bad? Is it stop/start?

FR TDi

Hi, Need to get my flywheel replaced. Wondering if there is a better quality one available, are the standard ones failing a common issue? Don't fancy a bill a few years down the line! Is there a better one out there?

Any ideas what it will cost to replace these, just been given the bad news that I need a new flywheel :(

Mechanic seems to think it was the fuel, said he could smell some petrol in the filter of something!! Is that common? Could the V-power have been contaminated with some petrol? I am 99% sure it was the V-power diesel I put in.. I remember being pissed off that I had queued so long and that was...

Yeah.. just found it odd that it happened about half an hour after I'd put some of that V-power in. Fingers crossed it's not a timing belt issue.. bit worried as it is due soon (mileage is 45k). We'll see what they find anyway.. got my little go-kart 107 to get me around for now :lol:

Might be worth mentioning also.. I used the more expensive diesel on my journey home. Not by choice, but because I had queued for so long and the pump only had the 'V-power' diesel that costs £1.45 / litre. Would this have any effect on the injectors or something? Took it to a mechanic this...

F*k, do I need to get a mortgage? :cry:

Just done 300 miles today, car was fine.. no problems until about 10 miles from home I noticed a strange spinning/ticking sound coming from the engine area. It would get louder if i reved and drop off if I slowed down. Haven't heard it before.. it appears to be coming from the bottom driver side...

There is no scraping noise if I rev the engine with the clutch depressed - does that rule out the turbo or does the turbo not activate if the clutch is depressed? My mechanic is going to have a look at it anyway, said it could be something as simple as a stone stuck in the brakes.

Put me down as Anglesey Cheers

Just bought one on ebay yesterday.. saw it in halfords too.

I'll probably just ignore it then... thought it may have been just mine. Thanks for the info!

When my car is idle it tends to be a bit lumpy, shudders a bit. If I rev the engine it stops doing it. Is it normal to be like that when idle?

FR Diesel.

At around 1800-2000 revs where the turbo comes on.. I get a noise that sounds like either metallic scraping or a big air leak. Sick turbo?

I sometimes get headaches on long journeys when it's sunny like today, am I right in saying that tinting the front windows slightly can help prevent this by reducing the glare & heat coming in? If it does, then I'd want to slightly tint the front windows too. A slight tint at the front and then...

And are the windows slightly tinted already on an FR?

All round tints, but darker at the back and a light tint at the front. I'll have a word with AdrianFlux just in case.