Replaced my slipping clutch for full Sachs setup earlier this year approx 10k ago, it took aprox 1500 miles to bed in and seemed to be ok but would slip slightly every now and again but now it slips if you try to accelerate from 2-2500rpm and it's really starting to annoy me now. If you drive it through the gears it's fine but go for a 5th/6th gear overtake it slips probably 500-750rpm and then it catches up. Would a pressure bleed help although I'm sure it's bled fine as I've had no problems with it. Running the same power it did on the standard clutch and that lasted 10k but this has never been 100%. Any other suggestions short of getting a new clutch and trying to send this back to carparts4less??

Contaminated clutch linings, pressure plate not torqued on properly or friction disc not clean?

Don't want to be neg on your purchase matey but who the hell are car parts 4 less anyway ? Seem to be based in Reading, that is all I can tell.

They are decidedly protective about their point of presence (if they even have one). I'd stick to at least known quantities (with shops) like ECP in future if it was me.

Also how do you know that whoever fitted it definitely fitted it ! Have a look at what is there to check its genuine ?

Credit card purchase? Automatically protected

Cp4l is ECP. Diff name but same order numbers etc

As above, sister company to euro, usually have discounts already applied.

Where does it actually clarify that out of interest ? I had a good look around their site, T&C and contact details etc.

Plus even if it is you are missing my point, for the sake of saving whatever it was (£10?) there is a lot of power behind being able to stomp into a store and have a rant and you might even get your refund immediate and direct ? ECP store you could do that......

The site is exactly the same and so are the product codes.

I do get your point re the rant, I've still got pads from 18month ago for our lasses ford ka which were wrong but I never got round to sending back.

Where does it actually clarify that out of interest ? I had a good look around their site, T&C and contact details etc.

Plus even if it is you are missing my point, for the sake of saving whatever it was (£10?) there is a lot of power behind being able to stomp into a store and have a rant and you might even get your refund immediate and direct ? ECP store you could do that......

I think you can pick up P4L orders from ECP shops. And therefore presumably go back and rant.

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Well that's a different story then - they don't go out their way to explain that do they !

Not surprised either that policy obviously works out for them as per the above

Having same issue as me mate, prob is running over stock power you need upgraded clutch. I've done 8 months and 3k and mines dead. Ordering a helix tomorrow, rated to 350lfbt. Not cheap though mate so be warned! Lol

 

Other lads right could be contaminated or other possible or issues, worth diagnosis first mate. 

 

Olly 

Id say you have something not right. Either contaminated or not torqued right.

I dont thunk you can collect cp4l orders from ecp either their click n collect seems to be the shops that do the collection points. Tesco have them so do post offices n corner shops things like that.

Sometimes the savings are better from cp4l

Ive got a std dmf and sachs clutch from cp4l and on shark stage 1 mine is still spot on after over 30k and a fair bit of hard driving, specially when i am late for work lol

10k is prob a bit much for them to do anything unless you get it off and there is something wrong. I learnd the hard way as people know. I wish ide sorted it straight away n not waited then removed to sell on to find it buggered.

My std sachs kit was also solid straight out the box. Missingmyvrs and i fitted it at his place and immediately i could feel the difference. All torqued up and pressure plate and fly were all cleaned. Might not of been done on yours?

Hope you get it sorted mate

It's just running a faboka stage 1 map but the standard clutch was on 120k when I mapped it and was fine until 130k so can't see why this one is slipping. Was all torqued up fine I did it myself and can't see why it's contaminated as there's no leaks anywhere

Mmm not sure. Its a bit strange that yours took time to bed in. Mine was solid and even on way home about a mile from clives garage i floored it trying to keep up with him mind i was in the wrong gear but then i always have been one to use the torque more than rpm

Couldnt you strip it down n see? Pita i know.

I remember saying the same as above when you first posted a while ago. Every clutch I've changed has been fine from the minute it was fitted, never had to bed them in for more than a short drive.

My bet is it's fitted wrong or has been contaminated.

Deffo been fitted correctly. Might drop down to my lower torque map and see how it is then

Possibly the surface of the flywheel is not flat, which will make the area for the clutch disc to apply pressure smaller, therefore easier clutch slip, seen it loads on clutch pressure plates, and a few times on flywheels, box out to check, but then you're going to have to do that anyway

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