Clutch will not engage

Hi Adeyeri

Keep in mind that the Clutch won't engage for a few safety reasons.

Temperature inside vehicle
Temperature of compressor or pipes
Pressure inside pipes
Compressor jambed
Eg It's out of refrigerant Gas

You can momentarily engage the clutch by simply giving it +12v to the wire attached to clutch. Usually has a connector close by.
Or
If it has a Relay (click) in fuse box
You can by pass it with a jumper

A quick engage & disengage should allow you to detect possible problem.
But don't over ride the built in safety for more than about a minute.

Cheers
Hope this Helps

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Should be on upper side of tranny. some times you could keep driving and that would work the air out by it`s self.if not you could have air leak in the system. marv

You know the clutch is slipping
& continue to drive & ruin that

Now you can do another clutch
service, while your finding the answer
to what your asking

Next car get an automatic & just change
the fluid every 3 years

I have no idea why your even asking any questions
about that VW

Replaced the clutch & still has problems---so you want to
buy someone elses problems?


Car won't start-- so you can part with your money & get
a car that you can't even start?


Could be electrical or something?


Your going off what the owner said---Ya & why is he
selling it--because he can't afford to or figure out how to
keep it going?


I know money may be an issue but you don't buy a 16 year
old car regardless of condition ,not even if it was free ,I wouldn't
take it.


Do you know anything about VW's or have a college degree
in automotive technology?

bad pressure plate or stuck throw out bearing.

You do not have a clutch serviced/replaced ,and not do the slave cyl

Need to find a competant shop

If the ac compressor clutch turns on and off constantly, it could be low in freon,make sure it has freon,you can purchase freon cans already set up with a hose and a guage to read your freon pressure
if the freon pressure is normal, check the switch at the accumulator a long cylinder with a switch and a molex with two wires attached to it, with your ac running on high, move your molex it could be making a
bad connection, if the molex is okay, jump out the molex, if the clutch engages and stays running, just
replace the low pressure switch. good luck!

sounds as though there is a leak, check all connections on a/c lines, now you will need to see if the clutch is getting power, if it is then the clutch will need replaced, if not then check to make sure where the fuses and relay plug into are receiving power. Hope this helped Tim

check the freeon level