slightly worried.

[brightside]

about my clutch, but the cars only just done 35K

How long does standard clutch usually last on these?

I just have a horrible feeling it is ever so slightly slipping.

Car is a november 56 plate completely standard 197. The pedal seems sound, not sinking etc, but every now and again after a blast or even a pootle, i can smell burning clutch when I get out the car. Not strong, but its there.

Ive tried booting it in a high gear, even uphill, and it seems ok to me.

Can anyone confirm where the rev's are at 70mph in 6th gear as mine is at about 3.4/5K rpm

If anyone could put my mind to rest it would be greatly appreciated as Ive only had the car about 2 weeks and dont want to be shelling out for a new clutch already! (cambelt is due in Nov! Renault Warrington ((gemini)) quoted me a ludicris amount.........£670!)

 

[clio200cup]

you'd like to think it's not needing replaced mate. but if it's had a moron, or woman, owner who has just had the clutch on the biting point all the time, it is entirely feasible for the clutch to be done. was it after a particular hard drive at all?
those revs are fine for 70mph mate

 

[Arran]

Mine smelt a bit clutchy the other day after I had a little play the other day. Sometimes the clutch feels a bit strange and the bitting point seems to change, notice it more when on a hill.

 

[gaz]

not unheard of unfortunately

 

[brightside]

No its just every now and again I can smell it, feel a bit more relieved now like. Cheers for that

Just out of interest are these dual mass flywheel or "normal" ? Dual mass flywheels can be a right ball ache if it is...

Also, while I'm here to save making another thread about clutches, what do people recommend for replacement? I can get a LUK kit fairly cheap, but I'm tempted to see if theres any "uprated" ones about that anyone can recommend?

 

[Foxspeed]

standard flywheel on 197 - dual mass more common on diesels :book:

 

[skny]

I'm on 83k km that should be around 50k miles and mine is fine, the only time it had smelled was when I was parking the car up with a full set of passengers inside and a dog in the boot and it was uphill quite a bit, that was a year ago and it never appeared when driving alone or with 1 passenger, lesson learned though, will kick them passengers out when I am in a similar situation again

 

[Foxspeed]

clutch life is totally dependant on driver technique/useage ;/

 

[DanT]

It's definetly all about the push of clutch, blip throttle, into gear