Clutch question

[Fettler]

Clutch slipping but not allways????

Oil leak ??

Any ideas??

[Rivilou]

I had a slipping clutch a while back, not always, mainly showed itself in 3rd/4th/5th gears, I'd pulled a mate out of a bog he'd really got himself stuck in, I told him he wouldn't make it! The clutch was fine for about 3-4 days then started slipping, I took it out and the surface was shiney, like a glaze, mind you there was a strong smell of burning clutch while I was trying to pull him out, it even ended up killing the starter motor too. That tow cost me about £200 for a new starter and clutch, it would have cost me around the £450 mark if I hadn't done the work myself.

Nice disco you have there!;)

[Fettler]

Thanks.

[Plynlimon]

Clutch slipping but not allways????

Oil leak ??

Any ideas?? What sort of mileage has it done and under what conditions does the clutch slip?

[Fettler]

146.000 and slips mostly when accelerating up hill in 3rd and 4th.

[NomadABC]

146.000 and slips mostly when accelerating up hill in 3rd and 4th.

Bite the bullett!

Get the oil seals changed at the same time.

[Jandude]

I had the same clutch slip problem recently. Turned out to be a duff slave cylinder. No external leaks.

Thankfully the garage had a look at that first and sorted it for me, rather than change the whole clutch at serious £££.

You may be lucky but at that mileage it's probly doubtful (sorry to build your hopes then dash them!).

[Fettler]

Any ideas of price both diy and pro??

[oily]

if you are having the clutch out at that mileage have the flywheel face checked as well,had a similar prob new clutch made no difference turned out to be high spots on flywheel

[oily]

it's worth checking the flywheel face at that mileage,mine had high spots

[oily]

sorry about the double post first one never showed first off

[BigJim]

146.000 and slips mostly when accelerating up hill in 3rd and 4th.

Sorry to say this, but when I had that ocassionally (on a Passat estate I had in those days) I carried on in hope.
Of course it finally packed up, without a lot of warning, 100 miles from home, luckily a garage in Doune did it while I waited (in the local hostelry).