Vauxhall Agilla 2009 - - Bunt out replacement clutch after 9 miles

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Fri 21 Dec 2012 11:56
Vauxhall Agilla 2009 - - Bunt out replacement clutch after 9 miles - Growing Place

Father in Law's car done 2303 miles - clutch burnt out - 3 piece clutch kit replaced but that burnt out after driving 9 miles. Appreciate he can ride the clutch sometimes in traffic - but is it likely to be burnt out by his driving after only 9 miles?

Would appreciate any comments. Have a good Christmas.

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Fri 21 Dec 2012 13:16
Vauxhall Agilla 2009 - - Bunt out replacement clutch after 9 miles - Peter.N.

Not without a lot of smoke I wouldn't have thought, although my mother managed to burn out the clutch in her Morris minor by following a heard of cows up a steep hill.

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Fri 21 Dec 2012 13:59
Vauxhall Agilla 2009 - - Bunt out replacement clutch after 9 miles - galileo

Has he had clutch problems with other cars in the past? If not, it sounds as if the original clutch was defective or not correctly adjusted, the replacement was either even more defective or the initial bad adjustment was not corrected.

On the other hand, he may be like the woman I saw the other week maneouvring in a car park, slipping the clutch for a full 2 minutes using at least 3000 revs.

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Fri 21 Dec 2012 14:07
Vauxhall Agilla 2009 - - Bunt out replacement clutch after 9 miles - injection doc

A few questions to raise

was the replacement clutch a remanufactuered or recon clucth ? they may not be too keen to admit that.

If the old clucth burnt out and all the debris wasnt removed from the bellhousing then when the new clucth is operated as a vortex builds up behind the diaphram it sucks all the old clucth dust and debris up and it jams the diaphram in the depressed position so effectivley feels like the new clucth has failed. Very common and seen that done a few times.

Its possible the new clucth was faulty or the diaphram spring brake as soon as it was operated.

You need planty of pictures of the clucth as soon as its removed

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Fri 21 Dec 2012 16:30
Vauxhall Agilla 2009 - - Bunt out replacement clutch after 9 miles - thunderbird

Did they actually replace the whole clutch? Did they actually do any work at all?

If the orignal failure was due to a fault with the pressure plate and they only replaced the burned out drive plate the replacement drive place would also burn out although 9 miles does appear a little extreme.

A fault with the clutch release mechanism that results in pressure being applied even when you have your foot is off the pedal can also cause rapid burn out.

In all cases especially one where the clutch lasts only 9 miles there would be an unmistakeable smell of burning friction material.

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