I have just fitted a tuning box onto my vRS and am getting quite bad clutch slip, even in 6th gear. I kknow this can be common with a strong remap, but with a tuning box this shouldn't happen should it? Would this be a warranty item?

Pretty sure they wouldnt replace a clutch, especially with a chipped engine.

I think mine has started doing it too (also chipped), noticed it in 5th the other day, put my foot down and the revs shot up but the car did nothing - not happy only covered 30k..

You have to learn to drive round it. Start dropping down the gears before you put your foot down.

Right, what I did when I started getting this problem was thus:

Drive up to 50mph and select 5th gear

Depress the Clutch Pedal and rev (and hold) the engine to about 4k rpm

Slip your foot off the Clutch Pedal so that it snaps back up and engages while maintaining the 4k rpm

Do this a couple of times, then drive without using much torque for a good few miles, then do it again a couple of times. Again, drive carefully afterwards for a good few miles, then give the torque a go.

Do this ENTIRELY at your own risk... It could make things drastically worse I suppose, but I did it and it's resolved my clutch slip problem (due probably to a glazed clutch plate).

I believe this process is called the "Italian De-Glaze".

Again, I must emphasise that you must do this knowing that it could bugger stuff up!

How exactly do you know when you have clutch slip? Flooring it from start doesn't allow wheel spin?

How exactly do you know when you have clutch slip? Flooring it from start doesn't allow wheel spin?

no the opposite

low speed in high gear, then when you acelerate the revs go up but the speedo doesn't ( in mild cases the car still acelerates but not as fast as it should, in svere cases the car slows down!)

Hmmm...

Thing is, I remember a time when my clutch was burnt out, and I tried to floor from start with wheelspin, but it just wouldn't give.

Like Xeman said:

Clutch slip is more lilkely to be noticed when in gear (such as 3rd) at fairly low revs, press down on the gas and the rev counter goes up very quickly (without the car going any faster), before dropping down and then slowly rising as the car accelerates.

If anyone else tries Josh's advice, please post results. I'd love to try it, but am a bit wary. Confirmation of the "Italian DeglazeTechnique" would be brill !!

Roger

Drive up to 50mph and select 5th gear

Depress the Clutch Pedal and rev (and hold) the engine to about 4k rpm

Slip your foot off the Clutch Pedal so that it snaps back up and engages while maintaining the 4k rpm:)

What speed should the engine be doing at 50mph in 5th gear in the Fabia?

I must be lucky not to have a slipping clutch, as I see so many folks having this problem. Nearly done 16k on a strong remap, no signs of any problems yet. Interesting.

I must be lucky not to have a slipping clutch, as I see so many folks having this problem. Nearly done 16k on a strong remap, no signs of any problems yet. Interesting.

When did you buy your car?

I,m with you on this one Shifty, maybe the older cars have slightly different clutches.:confused:

When did you buy your car?

April 2005

It's the facelifted one, so does anyone know if a different clutch has been fitted to the later models then?

I must be lucky not to have a slipping clutch, as I see so many folks having this problem. Nearly done 16k on a strong remap, no signs of any problems yet. Interesting.

I didn't have any sign of slip either. Until today!!! Mine is under a year old & has just passed 31,000miles. I am getting it when trying to just use the torque in 5th or 6th. It seems too much of a coincidence that so many start to do it at this mileage.

I didn't have any sign of slip either. Until today!!! Mine is under a year old & has just passed 31,000miles. I am getting it when trying to just use the torque in 5th or 6th. It seems too much of a coincidence that so many start to do it at this mileage.

Hi Steve, happy new year mate.

Erm.... I'm not going to comment on your clutch slipping.

Mine's still standard so hard to say if it's gonna go, might hit that mileage before I can get a remap done though LOL

If anyone else tries Josh's advice' date=' please post results. I'd love to try it, but am a bit wary. Confirmation of the "Italian DeglazeTechnique" would be brill !!

Roger[/quote']

It works

have been using it every couple of months for a year and a half... clutch started slipping not long after it was remapped... that was 45k ago

My car is on '04' registered one, bought it 3 months ago and has now covered 14k miles. Bad news clutch after only 14k surely?

That deglaze trick seems to have helped, but for how long i don't know, didn't really have anything to loose, so i tried it!

Wicked

Glad to hear it's worked for others!

**** it, im going to try it with mine

Bad news about the Clutch slip "Italian DeglazeTechnique" idea,

that is how you fix a clutch (Cheeky Mechanic way) which has oil on it ,

as it helps to burn the oil away.

anyways my clutch is also going at only 32,000 miles on a Standard Furby

I have a funny feeling that the fabia vRS clutch may only last about 32,000

or there is something wrong with it,

but i won't find out until the clutch is changed,

and dealer wants to charge £350 for the new one.

not had any clutch slip on mine yet. 04 plate. 34K remapped to 300lbsft for the last 15K

Hi Steve' date=' happy new year mate.

Erm.... I'm not going to comment on your clutch slipping. [/quote']

Hi Shifty,

happy new year to you too. I suppose the clutch slipping was as inevitable as the turbo blowing up given the unusual useage pattern it had last year!

The correct way to check for clutch slip in any vehicle (motor bike, car, van, bus or truck etc etc), is to drive the vehicle in the highest gear and at the lowest road speed (without causing excessive engine labouring).

You then apply full throttle......and watch the rev counter v speedo needles rise looking out for any sudden increases in engine speed v road speed. If the vehicle is not fitted with a rev counter, your "ears" are a good second best.

The reason you should use highest gear is...... because any lower gear selected will multiply the "maximum torque" that the clutch is capable of transmitting by the gear ratio selected (which is of course exactly what the gearbox is designed to do), and therefor give a false outcome ie: may make a crap clutch appear OK.

The above test works on all common cluthes ie: organic, ceramic, multi plate and oil immersed cluthes.

Hope this helps, vrs180