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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Simon72 on 11 April 2010, 19:43:05
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Right here we go.
As you might know I have a 2.2dti Estate 03reg Omega.
The car has only got 41,000 miles on the clock and it is fully Vauxhall Serviced.
3 or 4 years ago when it ha 20,000 on the clock my father reversed a small caravan in to a parking spot and the clutch went BANG taking the DM-Flywheel with it.
A new Flywheel and Clutch Assembly was installed all at Vauxhall Warrenty Expence. Approx £3,000 :-(
Now I have come away in the car on Friday with my 1200kg caravan in tow. Had to unfortunately do a large hill start from stand still and after getting away from the start a very large cloud of smoke appeared and the clutch started to burn, stop after a while once I continued to drive.
NOW after driving around without caravan the biting point is approx 1 to 2" from the top.
Does this sound like I have mullered the clutch or shall I approach Vauxhall and make a complaint that the clutch has only lasted 20,000 mile of careful driving.
Also what is the sort of cost for a Clutch to be FITTED? Due to I have no equipment to do this sort of task.
Cheers
Simon
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Right here we go.
As you might know I have a 2.2dti Estate 03reg Omega.
The car has only got 41,000 miles on the clock and it is fully Vauxhall Serviced.
3 or 4 years ago when it ha 20,000 on the clock my father reversed a small caravan in to a parking spot and the clutch went BANG taking the DM-Flywheel with it.
A new Flywheel and Clutch Assembly was installed all at Vauxhall Warrenty Expence. Approx £3,000 :-(
Now I have come away in the car on Friday with my 1200kg caravan in tow. Had to unfortunately do a large hill start from stand still and after getting away from the start a very large cloud of smoke appeared and the clutch started to burn, stop after a while once I continued to drive.
NOW after driving around without caravan the biting point is approx 1 to 2" from the top.
Does this sound like I have mullered the clutch or shall I approach Vauxhall and make a complaint that the clutch has only lasted 20,000 mile of careful driving.
Also what is the sort of cost for a Clutch to be FITTED? Due to I have no equipment to do this sort of task.
Cheers
Simon
When pulling away from a stop, or going up a steep hill, does the clutch noticeably slip? Is there a continuing smell of burning clutch plate? :-/ :-/
PS In addition on a now 7 year old car that has done 20K miles since the last clutch change / claim, I don't think any type of "warranty" claim will wash with Vauxhall!
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I did that with my clutch last year, attempting to move a static caravan a few feet in my garden... Mine died fully in February this year...
Mr Clutch quoted me ~£140 iirc, just for labour charges...
The cheapest clutch I could find was on ebay, which was also the older smaller clutch plate, which I found out to my detriment...
However, Halfrauds with a trade card is £125 inc vat (Delph brand although mine was a Sachs) and www.buypartsby was about £125 +vat (LUK Brand)
I followed the guide for the clutch and in all honesty, I would not do another, certainly without using a hydraulic ramp or inspection pit and a proper transmission jack that I can position correctly (dropping a gearbox on my arm, may have sorted my shoulder this time, but, I don't want to try to repeat my luck)...