judder of clutch

Aug 07, 2006 1 Replies

Hi all - anyone have any suggestions to whether this sounds like (a) clutch needs bleeding (b) clutch plate worn (c) oil on clutch plate. Series 3 TD5 - sometimes as you let your foot off the clutch, it jumps as if you have dropped your foot off for the last part of the release. Will even do it going through the gears... not just taking off from stop.



It doesn't do it all the time.... and some time ago, the clutch went through a phase where it seemed to have too much travel..... but then would come good... almost as if the fluid was leaking past the seal in the slave cylinder.



Has anyone else experienced anything similar?



FYI - it has only done about 105,000km.... and has had a relatively easy life.



It's very difficult to say for sure, dut it does sound like your slave cylinder is not a happy bunny. Try giving it a good bleed and see what the fluid looks like. If it's black it could just need a flush through; if it has black "slime" in it the one or more seals are likely to be unwell; if it has "silver" in the slime/sludge then it's probably best to replace it.

Richard

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