The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to read all the symptoms it sends us. Nevertheless, it is certainly important to try to stay on alert for the slightest sign of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Dacia Duster 2, you’re right to have started investigating. It’s a defect that must be taken into account rather quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable vehicle. To help you in your approach our team has decided to produce this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the issue and be certain that it is indeed the issue you are victim of. To do this, we will first take a look at what a slipping clutch on Dacia Duster 2 is and how to examine that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what measures can be taken to resolve the issue.
What is slipping clutch on Dacia Duster 2 and how to detect it?
A Dacia Duster 2 with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Dacia Duster 2 is the part that enables your engine to change 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 collect the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Dacia Duster 2 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 overused for it to engage on the flywheel.
How to detect clutch slipping on an Dacia Duster 2?
There are some ways to find out that the clutch of your Dacia Duster 2 is slipping. You can execute all of these experiments without any help.
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 as well experience a burning smell.
To confirm the first observation, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first one, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car delicately, in the event that your engine unit rises in revs but the Dacia Duster 2 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 vehicle should stall, if not, your clutch is most likely dead.
What should I do if my clutch slips on my Dacia Duster 2?
Limit the wear of your Dacia Duster 2 clutch
We will right now give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Dacia Duster 2. To begin with, it is wise 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 eventually produce a full change of the clutch kit. Another point not to be omitted, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the velocity of your engine unit. In the event that 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 Dacia Duster 2 clutch
At last, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Dacia Duster 2 is useless, you may possibly be stuck at a standstill and have no other option than to call 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 replace the complete clutch kit, this repair requires quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros depending on the engine and the mechanic.
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