The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to read all the signals it sends us. However, it is definitely essential to try to stay on alert for the slightest indication of weakness in your automobile to limit the risk of serious complications. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Renault Espace, you’re right to have started researching. It’s a problem that must be taken into account fairly quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable automobile. To help you in your approach our team has chose to produce this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the situation and confirm that it is indeed the issue you are victim of. To get this done, we will first take a look at what a slipping clutch on Renault Espace is and how to check that this is what is happening to you, and then, what actions can be taken to solve the situation.
What is slipping clutch on Renault Espace and how to identify it?
A Renault Espace with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Renault Espace is the part that allows your vehicle 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 Renault Espace 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 Renault Espace?
There are different techniques to find out that the clutch of your Renault Espace is slipping. You can conduct all of these checks 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 also encounter a burning smell.
To validate the first observation, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first one, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your car gently, if your engine rises in revs but the Renault Espace 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 automobile should stall, if not, your clutch is almost certainly dead.
What should I do when my clutch slips on my Renault Espace?
Limit the wear of your Renault Espace clutch
We will right now give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Renault Espace. 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 sooner or later end up in a complete change of the clutch kit. Another point not to be missed, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must constantly be adapted to the velocity 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 Renault Espace clutch
Finally, in this last portion, we will address the repair part. In case the clutch of your Renault Espace 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 transfer power to the wheels. If this is the case, take note that you will have to replace the complete clutch kit, this repair needs quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros depending on the engine and the garage.
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