Yesterday, as I went out for lunch, I began to notice a slight 'shudder' as I let out the clutch to drive off.
The problem became progressively worse until I was driving along at about 80km/h (I think that's about 50mph) in 5th gear.
I put my foot down to accelerate slightly, then BANG! The engine starts revving freely like i'm in neutral, followed by some nice metallic rattling sounds.
My car had to be towed to my mates workshop... (Almost 3 hours for a tow truck!) i'm expecting a call today, yay!
This should be nice & expensive.

I'm not expecting anyone to diagnose this problem based on the sounds I just poorly described, but,
Would anyone know wtf just happened? Clutch? Transmission? Something else? What else could go wrong?

I really can't afford this **** [:@]


Almost forgot to add;
My car is a '97 1.8T quattro, manual

 

Clutch=Done

 

Yeah clutch job

 

deff sounds like a clutch prob

 

sorry to hear it mate but I wont take a guess because it could be transmission or clutch by the sound it made

 

Thanks for the replies! I'll keep you guys posted on whats going on.
Just sitting here waiting for that phone call...
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well Mister clutching whent out, and you got a new apartment, so You need a new clutch.

 

yep your clutch is gone.

make sure you replace the flywheel also.

 

Just curious, how much does a new transmission/gearbox cost?

 

my trans cost me 975 used from a junk yard