bankz5152
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Evening all,
So I was "competing" charity hill climb event today to raise money for kids with special needs. Naturally loaded the big map into the TD5 and gave it a damn good go! It wasnt a dramatic nor a "proper" hill climb, it was actually the entrance to the school.
First run was good but didnt go full power so I could get a feel for what I was doing. The 110 went up brilliantly, surprised and impressed a fair few people with much nicer and much more exotic cars.
Second time round decided to go full send, had it on the limiter and side stepped the clutch, however was a little eager and went before the flag dropped. So braked, dipped the clutch. Then full throttle and side stepped it again. First few feet where fine then went for second and the pedal stayed stuck to the floor, however the gear stick did move into second gear. At this point im still full throttle. Pulled the pedal up with my foot and tried third. Same thing. Could move the gear stick into any gear but it seemed as though I was stuck in first gear. Stopped about 40ft from the start line, let it roll a little and the regained clutch control. Was able to finish the climb and change gear without issue.
Went for a quick drive on the main road, changed gear without issue and drove fine. Pedal felt fine, car felt fine.
Went for a third run, flawless. The 110 worked perfectly no issues at all.
Drove home, booted it in second to say 4k revs and again no issues. About half way home (roughly 4 miles or so) went to pull off from the lights and was revving its bollocks off but not actually going anywhere. Felt exactly like the clutch was slipping heavily, did this in every gear and got much worse as I drove home to the point where i was driving down my road and anything above say 1700rpm and it felt like it was slipping.
For those that dont know I have a TD5inside big tune (say 200ish bhp, maybe 480nm) hybrid turbo, intercooler etc... as well as a newly fitted LOF Extreme spec kevlar clutch. New LUK DMF, LOF Extreme spec CNC Release bearing and the rest of the clutch kit is OEM/Gen. Basically everything that could be replaced was replaced bar the fork (new bush fitted however).
I also fitted an AP slave and TRW Master around 18 months ago. The clutch was fully bed in with 1k miles of old lady driving, 500 miles a with a bit more power and another 1k or so driving normally (generally fairly hard) so should be fully bed in. All this on my "daily tune" (say 150bhp, 380nm or so). Today was the first time since the clutch ive loaded the big tune.
I've spoken to LOF who suggested a new Master & Slave which I have ordered and will fit soon as they arrive.
Currently trying to get to the bottom of what has happened and why, so it can be avoided in the future. Also that I'm off to Marquenterre for some pretty heavy off roading at the end of June and want the 110 running properly. Not only that but it is my daily and I do need it for work!
I have pulled both the master and slave off and both appear to move freely but the master does have a bit of a rattle to it.
Luke from LOF has been excellent so far, responded to me very quickly on a Sunday trying to find out what has happened.
Videos -
Master
Clutch apparently slipping
In cab video showing what happened when the issue first arose.
Any help and suggestions much appreciated!!
So I was "competing" charity hill climb event today to raise money for kids with special needs. Naturally loaded the big map into the TD5 and gave it a damn good go! It wasnt a dramatic nor a "proper" hill climb, it was actually the entrance to the school.
First run was good but didnt go full power so I could get a feel for what I was doing. The 110 went up brilliantly, surprised and impressed a fair few people with much nicer and much more exotic cars.
Second time round decided to go full send, had it on the limiter and side stepped the clutch, however was a little eager and went before the flag dropped. So braked, dipped the clutch. Then full throttle and side stepped it again. First few feet where fine then went for second and the pedal stayed stuck to the floor, however the gear stick did move into second gear. At this point im still full throttle. Pulled the pedal up with my foot and tried third. Same thing. Could move the gear stick into any gear but it seemed as though I was stuck in first gear. Stopped about 40ft from the start line, let it roll a little and the regained clutch control. Was able to finish the climb and change gear without issue.
Went for a quick drive on the main road, changed gear without issue and drove fine. Pedal felt fine, car felt fine.
Went for a third run, flawless. The 110 worked perfectly no issues at all.
Drove home, booted it in second to say 4k revs and again no issues. About half way home (roughly 4 miles or so) went to pull off from the lights and was revving its bollocks off but not actually going anywhere. Felt exactly like the clutch was slipping heavily, did this in every gear and got much worse as I drove home to the point where i was driving down my road and anything above say 1700rpm and it felt like it was slipping.
For those that dont know I have a TD5inside big tune (say 200ish bhp, maybe 480nm) hybrid turbo, intercooler etc... as well as a newly fitted LOF Extreme spec kevlar clutch. New LUK DMF, LOF Extreme spec CNC Release bearing and the rest of the clutch kit is OEM/Gen. Basically everything that could be replaced was replaced bar the fork (new bush fitted however).
I also fitted an AP slave and TRW Master around 18 months ago. The clutch was fully bed in with 1k miles of old lady driving, 500 miles a with a bit more power and another 1k or so driving normally (generally fairly hard) so should be fully bed in. All this on my "daily tune" (say 150bhp, 380nm or so). Today was the first time since the clutch ive loaded the big tune.
I've spoken to LOF who suggested a new Master & Slave which I have ordered and will fit soon as they arrive.
Currently trying to get to the bottom of what has happened and why, so it can be avoided in the future. Also that I'm off to Marquenterre for some pretty heavy off roading at the end of June and want the 110 running properly. Not only that but it is my daily and I do need it for work!
I have pulled both the master and slave off and both appear to move freely but the master does have a bit of a rattle to it.
Luke from LOF has been excellent so far, responded to me very quickly on a Sunday trying to find out what has happened.
Videos -
Master
Clutch apparently slipping
In cab video showing what happened when the issue first arose.
Any help and suggestions much appreciated!!