'Normal' behaviour for an A4 TDI?

[sat1983]

Does your 1st gear vibrate? I quickly get into 2nd and all is well. Just asking as I know the TDI is a bot old school and it might be normal?

 

[DieselJake]

Mine does, although it's probably not a good example as mine does allot of things differently plus allot of the parts are different to stock. If this is unusual maybe it's an injector or gearbox issue.

 

[IanFM]

Dmf or clutch on the way out?

 

[jimmyb592]

Mines smooth in all gears, just vibrates at 70-80 due to my wheels

 

[demus]

No vibes here, just a case of insomnia, likes to empty its battery like I do my bottle of whiskey..

 

[mattyb6]

Mine does but it's a smf

 

[Mike.M]

I get slight vibration in first but only for a few seconds when the engine is bone cold first thing in the morning if I boot it out my road due to traffic.....then it never happens again.

Only started noticing it a couple of weeks ago since the temperatures started dropping in the morning.

Mine is on 63k mile and unmolested.

 

[sat1983]

God knows then!

 

[mattyboyc]

Gearbox mount or will almost certainly be the flywheel on it's way

 

[sat1983]

Gearbox mount or will almost certainly be the flywheel on it's way

How long can these 'last' without fixing them? Neither for now seem to affect drivability.

 

[mattyboyc]

That's hard to say, I did mine as soon as it started vibrating, if it is the flywheel I would just wait untill the clutch is knackard

 

[sat1983]

Been to two specialists- both said it was normal! I think i was just used to newer cars!

 

[mattyboyc]

It's not normal for the car to vibrate there will be a problem somewhere, just depends how much time and money you are prepared to spend finding it.

 

[sat1983]

It's hard to explain these things online. It doesn't vibrate terribly at all. Both test drove it- and literally said they couldn't believe it had 186,000 miles under the bonnet. It drives well, the gears are selected as if it was a new gearbox.

I guess I worry too much!