DMF What is it

[Barry_]

Whilst reading this forum a couple of comments have refered to DMF failures, What is this??

Barry

 

[Parksy]

A DMF is a dual mass flywheel Barry.

 

[littlebasher]

And the Achilles heel of all modern day diesels!

 

[Dustydog]

And very expensive to replace!

Cheers

Dustydog

 

[GeorgeandAde]

Ive got one (Looks up to the sky and prays).

 

[chris_374398963]

Has there been a recall then you will get it done for free what car have you got

 

[forestgump]

not all modern cars have dmf got a tucson and that has a hyd clutch .Just had clutch changed on waranty due to a bad batch of fly wheels 0n 07 modles ,and was told it does not have a dmf witch is a part of the smooth runing on idle.

 

[Guest]

Forest.

A dmf and a hydraulic clutch are not the same thing. In fact, ALL dmf are driven by an hydraulic clutch, as are most single plate flywheels these days.

 

[forestgump]

i asked this when they changed the clutch (for waranty reasons and was assured it did not have dmf)because it was a hyd sytem.Any way they done the job and cost me nowt.

 

[otherclive]

I understand that some manufacturers now supply a non-DMF flywheel assemby to replace a failed DMF assembly. The penalty is a slight increase in vibration at some rev bands, but with modern diesels being smooth anyway one tester/reviewer could not tell the difference.

In a recent Telegraph Motoring article the owner of an auto transmission specialist said that he would not have a modern auto box as especially 6+ speed boxes tend to have the control unit within the box. If it goes it can be a