I'm getting all the unusual ones
This one's on the Pug.
Clutch first started slipping on full throttle at about 90K miles, but after a couple of days nursing it I found it was OK again. I just assumed the plate had glazed a bit and then deglazed with gentle use. Happened a few times since (Now on 120K). Last week, it did it again on a run down to cornwall, except it just kept getting worse. By the time I got back it was slipping with more than about 5mm of throttle.
Dug it out last night to go home as my 185 had died and found .... No clutch slip, even on full power - for the first couple of miles anyway. By the time I got home it was back to slipping with 5mm of throttle. Coming back in to work this morning was the same - no slip for a couple of miles.
One clue, the gearbox has had a weeping driveshaft oil seal and started whining due to running dry. I topped it up a few days before the cornwall trip. I'm wondering if the input shaft seal is also leaking and allowing oil onto the clutch, although I don't see how the clutch plate would mysteriously clean itself up overnight.
Anyone any other ideas ?
