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[tooleater]

Yesterday my trusty Peugeot Expert passed its MOT with 1 advisory. slight leak on Ns outer Cv  boot. I duly booked it in to a local small garage, who specialises in clutches + brakes, this is not a Mr Clutch guys,he a decent bloke. He has quoted me £300 for P Plate Clutch + R Bearing,he aware the mig has Dmf, says if thats shot looking at another same as above . First ? should i fit Vx parts and do think its a bit steep
Cheers John

[dbug]

Is that the Omega cluch?  I assume the reference to the Peugeot is just a red herring

[tooleater]

Sorry Mate to much attention to detail no thats what he quoting for the Omega clutch which wont be Vx parts

[terry paget]

Yesterday my trusty Peugeot Expert passed its MOT with 1 advisory. slight leak on Ns outer Cv  boot. I duly booked it in to a local small garage, who specialises in clutches + brakes, this is not a Mr Clutch guys,he a decent bloke. He has quoted me £300 for P Plate Clutch + R Bearing,he aware the mig has Dmf, says if thats shot looking at another same as above . First ? should i fit Vx parts and do think its a bit steep
Cheers John

Sounds cheap to me. I thought clutches changed at garages were £750, more than any of my cars is worth. I had a Peugeot 505 estate in 1979 and a mobile mechanic would change me a clutch for £80 in my garage. But on Senators/Omegas garages quote £750.

[tooleater]

Its going to jump to a least £600 with a new DMF if required, trouble is how do i tell if the current is shot

[05omegav6]

Book time is 2.75hrs iirc should be no more than £200 labour, plus parts...

Genuine clutches are (relatively) expensive, Luk or similar better price, but might not last as well ime

Flywheels now VX only, but are about £190. For reference, the last flywheel I bought for mine was an Luk one, costing £400

High(ish) clutch pedal is normal, and non adjustable, given the clutch is operated hydraulically rather than by cable

[05omegav6]

In answer to your previous...

1. handbrake fully on.
2. with engine at idle select third.
3. SLOWLY release the clutch.

If it doesn't stall sharpish, then it's on it's way out

Just to add, once it starts to slip you have 1000-1500 miles to sort it

[tooleater]

Thanks Al if I pull away hard which is rare for me, it appears to slip in second  briefly, but again could be my big long legs not letting the pedal up quick enough

[05omegav6]

Thanks Al if I pull away hard which is rare for me, it appears to slip in second  briefly, but again could be my big long legs not letting the pedal up quick enough

Mine does that occasionally as well I put it down to all the oil pouring out of the rear crank seal

Seriously though, original factory clutch should last 140+k, unless it's an ex traffic car. The one I recently sold got through four clutches in just over 100k

If it slips dropping to fourth to briskly overtake on a motorway then I would suggest ordering the parts ready

[tunnie]

Thanks Al if I pull away hard which is rare for me, it appears to slip in second  briefly, but again could be my big long legs not letting the pedal up quick enough

Mine does that occasionally as well I put it down to all the oil pouring out of the rear crank seal

Seriously though, original factory clutch should last 140+k, unless it's an ex traffic car. The one I recently sold got through four clutches in just over 100k

If it slips dropping to fourth to briskly overtake on a motorway then I would suggest ordering the parts ready

165k here 

[tooleater]

numbers on the odmeter not that straight shows 110000 now but I would at some point she was clocked  :-Xwill try your little trick tomorrow when warmed up and report back as ive just tried it but tickover on cold

[05omegav6]

Don't forget T... the desmond produces almost zero torque

[tooleater]

My main concern is this motor needs some serious service attention, im unable to do this myself even though as an ex mini cabber  i used to preform major surgery on my Vx carlton cdi which went to the great scrap yard in the sky at 325000. the Mig is to complicated

[05omegav6]

The Omega is straight forward enough trouble is things wear out, so HBVs/shocks/wishbones etc are all essentially service items, meaning that between 120k and 150k they will all need replacing, which is when the car can become a bit much for some people but treat them as service items and all is well...

All the help and information is here though, and basic servicing is much the same as the Carlton, ie plugs and filters. Mine has managed 250k so far inspite of me driving/servicing/crashing/repairing it for the last 150k, so they can't be that bad

[Kevin Wood]

Remember that, as it's a hydraulic clutch, pedal position at bite point isn't really a reliable indicator of clutch wear.