Diesel on clutch = slippage
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Diesel on clutch = slippage
Changed my fuel filter today, but in the process some diesel spilt out into the engine bay, thought nothing about it.
A few hours later set off in car & it was slipping something chronic, realised it may have been the diesel getting onto the clutch as the car had been absolutely fine until the filter change.
Er, will the diesel burn off under heat whilst using the car? or is there something else i can do to clean it off???
A few hours later set off in car & it was slipping something chronic, realised it may have been the diesel getting onto the clutch as the car had been absolutely fine until the filter change.
Er, will the diesel burn off under heat whilst using the car? or is there something else i can do to clean it off???
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Burning off large amounts of oil or diesel on the clutch is asking for trouble. You're likely to burn the friction material, overheat and crack the flywheel surface and overheat (and hence knacker) the spring plate. You may find that the clutch never stops slipping and you end up having to not only change it, but also have the flywheel re-faced.
My advice would be to use some cheap white spirit, and "spill" it into the same place as the diesel went. There are some fairly obvious holes in the top of the bellhousing, and I'll bet that's where the diesel went in. Do this with the clutch depressed so that you rinse the surfaces of the friction material, and then leave the clutch depressed with a bar while you leave it to dry.
I've also successfully used a strong mix of fairy-up liquid, and then rinsed it out well with a pressure washer (with the engine running, but the clutch depressed, gearbox in gear and handbrake solidly on to ensure a decent rinsing throughout the clutch) Thereafter leaving the car with the clutch depressed to allow it to completely dry out.
There is of course the risk of either contaminating the release bearing with water, or removing any lubricant there may (or may not) be on the input shaft splines, but if you're careful that risk is far less than the risk of damaging the clutch with excessive slippage.
It's worth spending some effort to make sure the clutch is cleaned off as changing a clutch that you didn't have to is unfunny.
My advice would be to use some cheap white spirit, and "spill" it into the same place as the diesel went. There are some fairly obvious holes in the top of the bellhousing, and I'll bet that's where the diesel went in. Do this with the clutch depressed so that you rinse the surfaces of the friction material, and then leave the clutch depressed with a bar while you leave it to dry.
I've also successfully used a strong mix of fairy-up liquid, and then rinsed it out well with a pressure washer (with the engine running, but the clutch depressed, gearbox in gear and handbrake solidly on to ensure a decent rinsing throughout the clutch) Thereafter leaving the car with the clutch depressed to allow it to completely dry out.
There is of course the risk of either contaminating the release bearing with water, or removing any lubricant there may (or may not) be on the input shaft splines, but if you're careful that risk is far less than the risk of damaging the clutch with excessive slippage.
It's worth spending some effort to make sure the clutch is cleaned off as changing a clutch that you didn't have to is unfunny.
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Thats the devil on the wall - worst case scenario.DavidRutherford wrote:Burning off large amounts of oil or diesel on the clutch is asking for trouble. You're likely to burn the friction material, overheat and crack the flywheel surface and overheat (and hence knacker) the spring plate. You may find that the clutch never stops slipping and you end up having to not only change it, but also have the flywheel re-faced.
My advice would be to use some cheap white spirit, and "spill" it into the same place as the diesel went. There are some fairly obvious holes in the top of the bellhousing, and I'll bet that's where the diesel went in. Do this with the clutch depressed so that you rinse the surfaces of the friction material, and then leave the clutch depressed with a bar while you leave it to dry.
I've also successfully used a strong mix of fairy-up liquid, and then rinsed it out well with a pressure washer (with the engine running, but the clutch depressed, gearbox in gear and handbrake solidly on to ensure a decent rinsing throughout the clutch) Thereafter leaving the car with the clutch depressed to allow it to completely dry out.
There is of course the risk of either contaminating the release bearing with water, or removing any lubricant there may (or may not) be on the input shaft splines, but if you're careful that risk is far less than the risk of damaging the clutch with excessive slippage.
It's worth spending some effort to make sure the clutch is cleaned off as changing a clutch that you didn't have to is unfunny.
Since you are depicting a big jobbie clutch change anyways - I'd certainly try my own option first - before splitting the drivetrain in halves.
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Hi Mulley ..........I did the same thing the first time I changed the deisel filter,it took around 60/70 miles or so to just wear off .............I was advised by some-one to pour coca-cola down the clutch housing [in the same way as David R. describes with soapy water ................heavens knows what the guy who gave me that advice knows about "Coke" ] .........but I thought better of it and it just cleared up anyway.
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