| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1345.1 | | VOGON::ATWAL | catch a fish, eat it | Thu Jan 24 1991 16:25 | 10 |
| if it was an ex-demo then it may have been treated very roughly in its first
6k miles by people taking it for test drives etc - especially if it was one
of the cars loaned out by Citroen for a week at a time
or maybe it was just part of a bad batch?
or you're just plain unlucky?!
...art
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| 1345.2 | | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | I can't tryp for nots | Thu Jan 24 1991 16:49 | 3 |
| To help us formulate opinions, what are the symptoms?.
Richard
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| 1345.3 | Bite the bullet and smile :-) | KERNEL::SHELLEYR | Help ! I've got Iraqnophobia | Thu Jan 24 1991 16:54 | 6 |
| I've had a clutch go on my wife's car (Yugo) at 22,000 and was told
thats not unusual.
I doubt if you'll get anywhere complaining.
- Roy
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| 1345.4 | A design fault? | OVAL::SAXBYM | Contentious?Moi?Rides again! | Thu Jan 24 1991 16:58 | 11 |
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A colleague of mine once had a clutch fail at 9K miles in a Peugeot
309. It was fixed under warranty, but she was told that it wasn't
unusual and that that particular model had a clutch design fault which
would mean that it would probably fail after another 9k.
Needless to say she sold it hastily!
The point is it was a Peugeot/Citroen car with a 1400 engine.
Mark
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| 1345.5 | No consistency! | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | I can't tryp for nots | Fri Jan 25 1991 08:35 | 13 |
| what age was the car? you see the 1400cc engine was changed a few years
back, I wondered if it was the new engine or the old (they're clutch
mechanisms are quite different).
My wife's Visa has the old engine peugot small engine (also used
in the pug 104/205/309>1400, BX >1400 and visa >1400) and it's
soldiering on with the original clutch after 43,000 miles and 8 years!.
Mind you, my last BX the clutch had to be replaced at 5,000 miles, as
it wasn't full disengaging. So principally I think it's luck of the
draw rather than particular design faults!
Richard
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| 1345.6 | | MAJORS::REVELL | Shoots, but can't hit.. | Fri Jan 25 1991 10:19 | 21 |
|
Hi all,
Thanks for your speedy replies, the car is a 89 'G reg and I got it Feb '90.
The symptoms were :-
1. Difficulty engaging gear.
2. Car stalling when clutch fully depressed.
3. Car conked out on Oxford Rd, and I was unable to change
gear.
I spoke to some Scottish oik in Citroen customer services and all he would
say was that I must have been driving too hard , this is also the argument
put forward by the garage.
Well I've got one word that describes their opinion, and it rhymes with
rollocks.
Gary.
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| 1345.7 | | KURMA::IJOHNSTON | | Fri Jan 25 1991 10:53 | 3 |
| I hope you are not inferring that all Scots are "oiks".
Ian.
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| 1345.8 | Doesn't sound worn out to me... | NEWOA::BROWNM | | Fri Jan 25 1991 10:54 | 11 |
| The symptoms you describe are of the clutch failing to disengage fully, not
of a worn our clutch. It could be caused by incorrect adjustment or by the
clutch friction plate binding on the gearbox input shaft splines. If it is
a hydraulically operated clutch, then you might have a leak.
On most cars, when a clutch is worn out, it slips. Often this is also caused
by an oil leak onto the clutch, usually from the garbox input shaft oil seal.
Hope this helps,
Mike.
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| 1345.9 | Never trust a mechanic unless you can watch him | UKCSSE::ARBISER | mice one squirrel | Fri Jan 25 1991 11:35 | 6 |
| Me neither.
Check the clutch actuating mechanism before letting some other greasy
oik touch anything...
Ian
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| 1345.12 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Maintain the rigidity | Thu Jun 06 1991 18:09 | 6 |
| RE: -1
Fancy posting the address and phone number? I have a clutch problem
with the Frogeye that needs sorting out.....
Cheers, Laurie.
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| 1345.14 | Cheers. | PLAYER::BROWNL | Maintain the rigidity | Mon Jun 10 1991 09:53 | 5 |
| Thanks!
I'll give him a call.
Laurie.
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