Anyone ever had a slippy clutch due to oil on the friction plate?

30th May 2012, 08:01

If so, how did you rectify it?

Gearbox blew on the inner housing, must have wet the clutch with oil as its now slipping

Do I have to pull the box off again and install a new clutch?!

Have already tried soaking it in brake cleaner etc

Dan

30th May 2012, 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by DannyVTS

If so, how did you rectify it?

Gearbox blew on the inner housing, must have wet the clutch with oil as its now slipping

Do I have to pull the box off again and install a new clutch?!

Have already tried soaking it in brake cleaner etc

Dan

yh but mine was from the rocker cover gasket and yeah youll have to replace the clutch as where itll have got hot from slipping the oil would have contaminated the friction linuing, so new clutch, new pressure plate and you might have to run the flywheel with some grit paper to take the contaminated face off it, brake cleaner might work.

30th May 2012, 20:42

Dear Danny VTS.
Again so sorry for my tad late reply Dan

I second all of " greyjasper51"
comment too Dan. The flywheel is the hardest of the metals used in the
clutch, as opposed to the metal surface on the pressure plate. What I do,
is I use a extremely coarse, the coarser the better, I use is a circular one
from a hand held grinder is ideal

This is called " de-glazing " and needs
to be done to the flywheel surface and the pressure plate surface aswell.
I hope this helps Dan, if you need to know more just ask OK

All The Best.
Vince

30th May 2012, 20:51

why bother fucking about the box has got to come back off. whack a new clutch in there why do a job twice.

30th May 2012, 20:54

Id have thought over time it will burn its self off. Does it not drive at all?

31st May 2012, 00:34

It happened on my old 106 and I thought it would burn off , after a month it was still the same. Time for a new clutch!

31st May 2012, 01:11

Might sound fucking stupid, but the seal started badly leaking on the shaft coming out the gearbox of my old furio, a old guy i told explained to me how getting talcom powder into the bellhousing will soak up the oil and give it a few more months of life,

Sooo i didnt have any spair time working over 50 hours a week, to change my clutch, so i went ahead and did it, I removed the sensor from the front of the box, think its the crank possition sensor,

Then poured in a bottle of talc, Yeah when you start it it throws talc everware, ( obvs put the sensor back in, BUT it works!, i ended up driving my car round for 4 months with pouring talc in every time it ot worse wich was probably once or twice a week! it creates a nice putty in the bellhousing too when you finally come to change the clutch

31st May 2012, 08:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by outrage_uk

Id have thought over time it will burn its self off. Does it not drive at all?

Drives fine apart from the slip, just found a sachs clutch kit for £70 so I'll just get it done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by W343NNA

Might sound fucking stupid, but the seal started badly leaking on the shaft coming out the gearbox of my old furio, a old guy i told explained to me how getting talcom powder into the bellhousing will soak up the oil and give it a few more months of life,

Sooo i didnt have any spair time working over 50 hours a week, to change my clutch, so i went ahead and did it, I removed the sensor from the front of the box, think its the crank possition sensor,

Then poured in a bottle of talc, Yeah when you start it it throws talc everware, ( obvs put the sensor back in, BUT it works!, i ended up driving my car round for 4 months with pouring talc in every time it ot worse wich was probably once or twice a week! it creates a nice putty in the bellhousing too when you finally come to change the clutch

Hahaha that sounds mental mate! Ive heard of pouring COKE down there too to get rid of the grease. I think I'll just replace the clutch and clean and sell the paddle one thats in there

31st May 2012, 08:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by citroensaxo

Dear Danny VTS.
Again so sorry for my tad late reply Dan

I second all of " greyjasper51"
comment too Dan. The flywheel is the hardest of the metals used in the
clutch, as opposed to the metal surface on the pressure plate. What I do,
is I use a extremely coarse, the coarser the better, I use is a circular one
from a hand held grinder is ideal

This is called " de-glazing " and needs
to be done to the flywheel surface and the pressure plate surface aswell.
I hope this helps Dan, if you need to know more just ask OK

All The Best.
Vince

I will make sure I clean the flywheel buddy, but Im deffo going down the new clutch route!

31st May 2012, 09:13

buy a cheap clutch and buy twice.
i had some oil on a clutch on a sierra i had and i just sprayed brake cleaner in there, there was a point of entry at the bottom so as the engine turned over it got the whole clutch and drained out the bottom. worked pretty well, clutch didnt slip

31st May 2012, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by outrage_uk

Id have thought over time it will burn its self off. Does it not drive at all?

Inbeds in the friction plate matrrial from getting hot and will burn the clutch out before wesring off

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31st May 2012, 18:52

i have its a pain in the arse. this is what haoppens when you ask a dodgy garage to change your gearbox oil. it went after 100 miles though

31st May 2012, 21:39

Bought a new Sachs clutch now so fuck it !

31st May 2012, 21:42

havent read all replys, but my clutch started slipping after it was fitted must've got something on it, week later it was fine must've burnt off been fine over a year since