The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to interpret all the signals it sends us. On the other hand, it is absolutely fundamental to try to stay on alert for the slightest sign of weakness in your automobile to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Citroen Berlingo, you’re right to have started looking into it. It’s a defect that must be taken into account rather quickly, otherwise you could end up with an useless automobile. To help you in your approach our team has decided to prepare this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the situation and make sure that it is indeed the problem you are victim of. To achieve this, we will first check out what a slipping clutch on Citroen Berlingo is and how to examine that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what steps can be taken to correct the situation.
What is slipping clutch on Citroen Berlingo and how to spot it?
A Citroen Berlingo with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Citroen Berlingo is the part that permits your car to shift gears. It is placed between your gearbox and your engine. It is the part that comes into contact with the flywheel which is located on the engine side and which will receive the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Citroen Berlingo slips because it is made up of notches that engage in the flywheel, and with wear and friction it wears out. It is said that the clutch slips when its teeth are too damaged for it to engage on the flywheel.
How to spot clutch slipping on an Citroen Berlingo?
There are different methods to find out that the clutch of your Citroen Berlingo is slipping. You can execute all of these examinations yourself.
You can simply find out that your clutch slips when you accelerate and your engine revs up, but your car does not speed up, you may also encounter a burning smell.
To confirm the first statement, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first gear, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your car carefully, if it turns out your engine unit rises in revs but the Citroen Berlingo is still stationary it is the sign of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your automobile should stall, if not, your clutch is most likely dead.
What should I do when my clutch slips on my Citroen Berlingo?
Some advices to avoir the wear of your Citroen Berlingo clutch
We will at this point give you some recommendations to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Citroen Berlingo. Firstly, it is good not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, whether or not the pressure you apply is very mild you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will sooner or later result in a full change of the clutch kit. Another point not to be omitted, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the speed of your engine unit. In the event you are at a standstill accelerate slowly, if you are at medium speed accelerate gradually when you release the clutch pedal of your car so as not to make it slip against your engine flywheel.
Replacing your Citroen Berlingo clutch
At last, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Citroen Berlingo is useless, you might be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution than to contact the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transmit power to the wheels. If this is the case, take note that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair necessitates quite a few hours of work and is estimated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros according to the engine and the mechanic.
If you need more guides on the Citroen Berlingo, go to our Citroen Berlingo category.
