Hi, I'm not very mechanically minded so bare with me. I have a W reg 80Sx
Brava, last week I noticed when I depressed the clutch there was a slight
amount of resistance by monday I found that after a drive of about 40mins
when I got back into the car again the clutch made an almighty squeeling
noise. I took it to the garage the following day to be told that this was
the second Brava he'd seen with the same problem i.e. the warm weather had
somehow evaporated the lubricant in the clutch mechanism. This means
basically a new clutch. Has anyone else out there heard of this? is it
common? will it happen again? Hope not because it's going to cost me ?205 on
Tuesday to fix it!
Michael
Hi
Ive got a fiat Brava 1.4 P reg.
My clutch had similar problem last Oct. Mine lasted about 60 miles from
when I first noticed it.
Got me to work. On the way back I stopped at some traffic lights and
couldnt get it into gear.
Stuck their for about 10 minutes before it recovered. drove to a nearby
retail park and left it for
1/2 hr. Seemed oK then so I drive 20miles back home with out any
serious probs, It gave up at
my local traffic lights completely. Had to get it towed home then.
Thrust bearing had shattered, new clutch. £60 self install.
>Hi, I'm not very mechanically minded so bare with me. I have a W reg 80Sx
>Brava, last week I noticed when I depressed the clutch there was a slight
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The Pilot - 08 Nov 2003 21:40 GMT
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> Thrust bearing had shattered, new clutch. ?60 self install.
They seem to do that around 50-60K miles.
Fiat parts are not renowned for their longevity although they are better
than they were.
Iain.