marcostig Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Hi would you say 133,000 on original clutch is getting to the end of its life? No slipping and plenty of bite or judder.Im off on hoilday later in year france into italy so mountains involved!!2001 2.3.. Quote
sepulchrave Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Sounds like motorway miles to me, be afraid of low mileage cars which have lived in cities all their life towing large trailers! How the hell are we supposed to know what your clutch is like, you're driving the car! Quote
Bigjeeze Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 I just changed my clutch at 140K - to be fair the rivets sheared through the material it wasn't worn out - That said I think that's a good innings. My MK1 has the original clutch at 140K although that one stopped doing motorway miles @ 80K. Just the luck of the draw really. If you are sure that the car hasn't had a clutch then I think it might be worth replacing purely on a precautionary basis. Quote
f0ster Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 hello I recently had a merc diesel with 250k on the clock with original clutch, it is entirely dependant on the driver, lots of people sit at traffic lights on a slight gradient holding the car in situ by slipping the clutch in stead on using the park brake, this puts massive wear on the linings, under normal use a clutch only slips for a fraction of a second when setting off, also when a clutch does start to slip due to wear it goes very quickly due to the pressure plate reaching its end stops so as to prevent damage to the flywheel, Quote
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