Sticky clutch pedal a3 2011

Hello all,


I'm back again, you fix 1 thing, other things pop up....

So yesterday evening I took my car out (2011 Audi a3 sportback 2.0tdi 16V 140CR (CFFB) 6 speed manual) Started going through the gears and felt the clutch pedal was bizarre, lower than usual, about halfway.

So I stuck my toes under and lifted it a bit and it poped back into place. Didnt happen again yesterday, nor the 15 odd miles I have done today. I have seen on the forum/forums that I should bleed the system, if its not that, could be the slave/master cylinder, worst case senario the DMF. My questions are the following:

-Does anybody know of common clutch problems on my model?
-Im guessing I would have to bleed all of the brakes/flush the whole system as the brakes run off the same fluid?
-Any tips on flushing the clutch? I should be ok with the brakes.
-Do I need to drop the gearbox to change the slave cylinder on my model *fingers crossed*

Thank you for taking the time to read, looking forward to your feedback.

EDIT: Looking through the receipts, Brakes and clutch were flushed august last year (15k miles ago) at an audi dealer

Attachment 36897A pic of my slave cylinder, looks external to me *hopes up*

No the CFFB slave is concentric inside the bell housing and was revised on cars built after 30-05-2011 and again on 01-07-2016 to part number 0A5 141 671 S.

Thank you for your reply.

Not so good news then. Mine is from 14/09/2011. Do you think that it is likely that is the problem? Or more chance to be something else? Could I keep driving as it hasn't happened since or should I really start looking into it?


EDIT: Looking at that part number on the store, it says for CFFB car UP TO 05/2011, yet mine is newer, would it really be that?

Private Message me your VIN.

Sure thing, I think i got the pm through

It was built 01.09.2011 It is a 2012 model. The current genuine number is 0A5 141 671 S and makes it a Sachs 3182 600 241 or LUK 510 0176 10.

Thank you for taking the time to look into that. Your best guess, do you think that could be the problem? Or more likely to be something else?

Also alot of people talk about a receiver/sender ? im guessing that is the master cylinder behind the pedal and the pic I sent earlier on this post? Could that be the problem?

It is normally the slave cylinder.