Hi there....
My car broke down yesterday with sudden clutch failure and had to be recovered back home. The symptoms were the clutch pedal went to the floor when i changed gear (in traffic) and stayed down...I managed to limp to the side of the road and await breakdown service. I managed to pull the pedal up with my hand but it was now very light to operate ....no pressure behind it really, and it also made a noise when i depressed it. I noticed a burning smell at the time but prior to the failure there was no clutch slipping at all. The clutch is hydraulic. Given the symptoms is it likely to be a hydraulic fault in either master cylinder or slave (or both) or worn clutch ( or both !!) The car has done 180,000 miles so I think it cud be due for a clutch replacement, possibly including hydraulics as well.
I think this could be an expensive job...maybe £500+ for the clutch parts and god nows what for the hydraulics and labour charge...... I'm not sure the car is worth it so this could be terminal.
Any thoughts ??
My car broke down yesterday with sudden clutch failure and had to be recovered back home. The symptoms were the clutch pedal went to the floor when i changed gear (in traffic) and stayed down...I managed to limp to the side of the road and await breakdown service. I managed to pull the pedal up with my hand but it was now very light to operate ....no pressure behind it really, and it also made a noise when i depressed it. I noticed a burning smell at the time but prior to the failure there was no clutch slipping at all. The clutch is hydraulic. Given the symptoms is it likely to be a hydraulic fault in either master cylinder or slave (or both) or worn clutch ( or both !!) The car has done 180,000 miles so I think it cud be due for a clutch replacement, possibly including hydraulics as well.
I think this could be an expensive job...maybe £500+ for the clutch parts and god nows what for the hydraulics and labour charge...... I'm not sure the car is worth it so this could be terminal.
Any thoughts ??