The engine of your car is sophisticated, it is not always easy to interpret all the signals it sends us. Nevertheless, it is absolutely important to try to stay on alert for the slightest indication of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the sense that your clutch is slipping on your Fiat Punto Evo, you’re right to have started investigating. It’s a problem that must be taken into account as soon as possible, otherwise you could end up with an useless vehicle. To help you in your approach our team has chose to produce this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the problem and make sure that it is indeed the issue you are victim of. To accomplish this, we will first check out what a slipping clutch on Fiat Punto Evo is and how to verify that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what steps can be taken to solve the problem.

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What is slipping clutch on Fiat Punto Evo and how to detect it?

A Fiat Punto Evo with a clutch that slips

The clutch of your Fiat Punto Evo is the component that permits your vehicle to change gears. It is located between your gearbox and your engine. It is the component 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 Fiat Punto Evo 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 worn for it to engage on the flywheel.

How to detect clutch slipping on an Fiat Punto Evo?

There are some techniques to find out that the clutch of your Fiat Punto Evo is slipping. You can perform all of these tests on your own.
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 verify the first observation, you can stop, pull the hand brake, engage the first one, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your vehicle delicately, if your engine rises in revs but the Fiat Punto Evo keeps stationary it is the indication 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 probably dead.

What should I do if my clutch slips on my Fiat Punto Evo?

Limit the wear of your Fiat Punto Evo clutch

We will right now give you some ideas to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Fiat Punto Evo. First of all, it is good not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, even if the pressure you apply is very light you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will eventually produce a total change of the clutch kit. An additional point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the speed of your engine. 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 Fiat Punto Evo clutch

At last, in this last portion, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Fiat Punto Evo is dead, you may 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, bear in mind that you will have to replace the complete clutch kit, this repair needs quite a few hours of work and is estimated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros depending on the engine and the garage.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Fiat Punto Evo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Punto Evo category.