Evening to everyone Been searching for advice on changing my flywheel on me b6 S4 but can't find alot. What's the advantages and disadvantages of a solid flywheel on a S4? Are the kits easy to get as I can't find one? Also I would like to do it myself but never done a 4wheel drive before so was wondering if any one could give some advice Cheers
I believe the dual mass flywheel is employed for its 'roughness dampening' qualities (particularly on diesel engines) to give a smoother less obtrusive idle & dampen noise transfer along with smoother clutch operation. Having a Passat with same identical engine/gearbox (but Solid flywheel) to my B5, The difference is very noticeable, the VW just feeling less refined & indeed noisier overall.
If in doubt go dual I'd say but I'm biased as that's what I did I've known someone to have a car/gearbox killed by going solid... could have just been incorrect installation but from people complaining about the noise and if your not going for more power I'd stick with dual, I know people also say solid doesn't need replacing but I mean the car will be good for about another 100k miles and that's if it lives that long.
I am thinking of sticking to dual mass now tbh as I might sell the car next year so think I would be a better selling point Just need to see if I can get any info from anyone about doing it myself Rather try and save £500 if I can lol
