The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to understand all the signs it sends us. However, it is totally necessary to try to stay on alert for the slightest indicator of weakness in your car to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Peugeot 1007, you’re right to have started investigating. It’s a defect that must be taken into account fairly quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable car. To help you in your way our team has chose to compose this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the problem and ensure that it is indeed the problem you are victim of. To get this done, we will first take a look at what a slipping clutch on Peugeot 1007 is and how to examine that this is what is happening to you, and then, what steps can be taken to resolve the problem.
What is slipping clutch on Peugeot 1007 and how to identify it?
A Peugeot 1007 with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Peugeot 1007 is the part that permits your automobile 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 Peugeot 1007 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 identify clutch slipping on an Peugeot 1007?
There are several techniques to find out that the clutch of your Peugeot 1007 is slipping. You can carry out all of these experiments 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 as well experience a burning smell.
To confirm the first observation, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first gear, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your car delicately, if your engine motor rises in revs but the Peugeot 1007 keeps fixed it is the indicator of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your car should stall, if not, your clutch is almost certainly dead.
What should I do if my clutch slips on my Peugeot 1007?
Limit the wear of your Peugeot 1007 clutch
We will right now give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Peugeot 1007. Firstly, it is wise not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, whether or not the pressure you apply is very light you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will eventually lead to a total change of the clutch kit. One more point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the speed of your engine motor. 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 Peugeot 1007 clutch
Finally, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In circumstance the clutch of your Peugeot 1007 is useless, you may possibly be stuck at a standstill and have no other choice than to call the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transfer power to the wheels. If this is the circumstance, be aware 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 depending on the engine and the workshop.
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