Scirocco 2.0 TDI noise under hood

[Adrian121500]

Hello everyone,

I own a scirocco 2.0 TDI 2013 it's on 55k miles and 2 weeks ago I noticed a weird click noise coming under the hood for first time when car was in neutral. I continued to drive the car and I noticed the rackling noise some times comes on and off. The worst it has been was when it was in neutral one time it was constantly rackling. Sometimes it comes on and stays another times it doesnt. The clutch doesnt slip and is very responsive to aggressive clutch riding which I done for test purpose. I went to a mechanic and after few attempts I was able to replicate the sound and the mechanic told me that the flywheel is gone. They tried to charge me £550 for the clutch kit at the garage however I found one for £375 which I still believe I could have got cheaper. I think the noise might be the bearing itself on clutch? What do you guys suggest? I'm booked in with the garage for Wednesday and they charging me £400 for labour. I'm worried that they might just replace the bearing and keep my new clutch kit. Sorry for long explanation and thanks

 

[Adrian121500]

Hey all first of all I want to apologise I didn't know that the forum requirement first post requirement was about computers indeed I was requirement this forum to post car enquiries. Going back to the car yes it's a diesel but it's not bad. The mechanic told me that I wont be able to drive long on this flywheel as it collapsed and it could damage the gearbox any minute. He diagnosed this by simply listening for 30 seconds to the noise. I will ask them for the parts but I'm worried they might give me some old parts who knows‍