Definite clutch job! BTDT!!! While it's apart "again" - check to be sure the flywheel face was machined when the clutch job was done. Failure to do it results in faster clutch disk wear. John On 6/26/2014 1:49 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > Even worse, it sounds as if he had a "dump" in the parking lot, meaning > that he had some kind of steady leak going down the road, but it didn't > empty fast enough to keep up with the leak. That means that the bell > housing was full of oil, and you know what that means to a clutch plate. > "You're soaking in it" as Marge used to say on the dish soap commercial. > > Jim > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I see several posts on this so haven't read-seen if you're going >> through gear oil, fast, but my GUESS is that even after, say, 500 >> miles, heat etc. will cause the oil to saturate the disk lining. In >> other words, not sure if one can just clean up the disk and re use. >> >> Neil. >> >> On 6/26/14, Nomadix <subarusyncro@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The shop that put in new engine at same time put in new clutch. 1200 >> miles >>> now on both. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca >> >> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p >> >> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> >> Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej >> > |
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