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A little update for you guys. New clutch is fitted, spent about 12 hours all in with two people over two days. Went off without a hitch! Taking off the old clutch made the cause of the noise readily apparent; two of three metal straps holding the pressure plate together was broken! This caused a rough idle and an ungodly rattle with the clutch pedal depressed. Lifted the car by the gearbox side motor mount with an engine lifter and put it on tall jack stands, removed the battery and battery tray. Next we unbolted the wheel well cowling(?)/plastic and the lower control arm for the bushings on the drivers side (Norway so LHD not RHF) so we had space to pull the driveshaft out completely, right hand side driveshaft only need unbolting from the gearbox. After all the bits and bobs on the gearbox was out we dropped it from the bottom with one person underneath. This was a bit finicky but it was enough space to do it without too much trouble. Gearbox oil changed, new clutch slapped on. We didn’t have the tool to compress/pretension the pressure plate so we used a simple centering tool and gradually torqued the screws to 20nm in typical zig zag fashion. With me lying on a creeper/roller and the gearbox on my chest lifted the gearbox and mated it back to the engine with the other person standing above the engine bay and lifting from there. This wasn’t super easy, but a bit of finessing and manouvering of the gearbox did the trick. Highly recommend being two for this job, especially for the mounting and dismounting of the gearbox. The 12 hours includes coffee breaks, googling stuff and a trip to the local parts store. For the algorithm: This was done on a manual 2013 Audi A3 8V 1.4 TFSI CMBA 122bhp engine, gearbox code is MYF/0AJ.

Happy days, thanks for coming back to me, I really appreciate the advice. I will upload comments once i find out 🙂

It's unfortunate that nobody here has been able to help Stuart, but please let us know of progress.

I think this stage im just paranoid about my A6 , I've waited for years to get one as I could never afford one before in my life and I have now finally got the one I wanted " my dream machine " ( a 10 year old a6 I suppose some would say it's not much of a dream ) , but not that I have it im listening out for every knock and click and i find myself actually to nervous to enjoy it , with the fear of a major bill . And the thought of major gearbox damage has me actually sick to my stomach. I think it's time I just drive it and enjoy it , because it is a joy to drive . Thanks

Hi Roxanne, My investigations showed there are two common faults. The ignition switch and the micro switch which operates on the clutch pedal being depressed. The latter can be on the pedal itself close to where it pivots or it can be on the clutch master cylinder. If you are confident you know what you're doing try my jumper wire mod detailed above. If that works then you know it's not the starter or solenoid. The ignition switch is dead easy to swap. My guess is it's the microswitch on the clutch. It would be dead easy to fit a starter button to get around the issues just power it from an ignition switched live 12V so without the key the starter can be operated. Good luck and please let me know what it turns out to be.

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