Mk 3 possible clutch problem
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Hi, can some of you more mechanically minded bods help diagnose this please? Short trip to railway station for the commute to work this morning; slow bod in front on a quiet straight road so I changed down from 5th to 4th to get past - and the car lost all power while revving madly (sounded like a high pitched "vroom! vroom!" repeated over and over). No gears available whatever I select, so cruised to a stop with hazards on. Ignition off, the revving stopped. All quiet. Waited a minute - turned on the ignition, all fine. Managed to get to the station ok without further issues but clearly I need to get it looked at!
I'm guessing intermittent clutch failure? Which I would have thought was odd - either it fails or it doesn't? Any ideas?
I'm guessing intermittent clutch failure? Which I would have thought was odd - either it fails or it doesn't? Any ideas?
Doubt it is the clutch plate itself as there is so little weight on the MX5 (I have had an engine change on mine, but choose to replace the clutch anyway whilst it was out) there was some wear, but nothing dramatic and that was on a car with 50K on.
My bet would be either the clutch slave, master or release bearing.
My bet would be either the clutch slave, master or release bearing.
Ninja59 said:
Doubt it is the clutch plate itself as there is so little weight on the MX5 (I have had an engine change on mine, but choose to replace the clutch anyway whilst it was out) there was some wear, but nothing dramatic and that was on a car with 50K on.
My bet would be either the clutch slave, master or release bearing.
Thanks, will do some research based on that. Still taking it in of course but would like to know more about it.My bet would be either the clutch slave, master or release bearing.
yes you're right. I'll do better next time 
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