did you say clutch?

[gropar]

At idle speed, while compressing the clutch pedal, I can distinctly hear a growl coming from the engine compartment.

If I depress the clutch pedal (either with a gear engaged or on neutral), it stops.

The clutch itself is not that old (about two years).

What could be the problem? And, more interesting : what could be the solution???

[DVST8R]

Thrust Bearing? I think that is what it is called, regardless the only bearing inbetween the crankshaft and the imput shaft. It may not have been replaced with the clutch. Anyway that's my best guess :?:

[fspGTD]

I think it may just be your mainshaft sort of "rattling" in it's bearings, or something like that.  That faint "growling" noise in neutral that goes away when you apply pressure to the clutch pedal, seems to happen in every 020 VW transmissions that I can remember driving...  so I wouldn't worry about it.

[gropar]

ok. Thank you all.

If it does come from the tranny, I won't bother : I just bought a "new" one (home rebuilt from another VW enthousiast).

ACN tranny : first gear is longer, 2-3-4 about as short as on my 4S, fifth is loooong.

I will finally be able to let my turbo blow in first gear; sportive enough in 2-3-4; fuel economy in 5.

Bonus : the growl should stop (according to you, fspGTD).

[fspGTD]

Bonus : the growl should stop (according to you, fspGTD).

Actually, since even the freshly rebuilt 020 transmissions that I've driven on have this growl in neutral with clutch pedal out, I would actually bet more along the lines that your new tranny will still growl.  I could be wrong... but if it does I would not worry about it though!  (It might have to do with how tight they are set up, but I don't really know...)

Good luck with your new tranny ratios and give us a report on it (performance as well as growling   ) after you've got a chance to test it!