Heavy Clutch Pedal

[brianrfc]

Hi Guys Im New To This Forum Hello To All Of You .....

Hi Just Bought My First Mgzt Cdti 2003 Model And Noticed That The Clutch Pedal Is Heavy I Dont Know If They All Are But Never Had One Before So Wouldn Know Also The Bitting Point Of The Clutch Is About One Inch From The Bottom Of The Floor Is This Normal ? Or Can It Be Ajusted ?as I Said Its My First Mg So All Help Would Be Good It Might Be That All Are The Same Some Help Would Be Gr8 Thanks

[jeff vader]

welcome to the club matey.....i have a 2.0-v6 the clutch is quite heavy on that too only had it for 4 months still not got use to it yet . mine bites about 4-5 inches from the floor. sorry cant help any more but your in the right place for answers...........

[Number 6]

Originally Posted by jeff vader

welcome to the club matey.....i have a 2.0-v6 the clutch is quite heavy on that too only had it for 4 months still not got use to it yet . mine bites about 4-5 inches from the floor. sorry cant help any more but your in the right place for answers...........

All the clutches on these cars tend to be a bit on the heavy side,as for bite being about an inch from the floor ! I would suggest you try and bleed it ,not an easy job but plenty of advice and "How to,s" on this site

[lady zed]

I always thought the lower to the floor the better. Mine is (was) only about an inch from the floor, but it's currently having teh master/slave/clutch unit investigated so maybe not the best example!!!!

And yes a heavy clutch on a diesel is normal.

[brianrfc]

Originally Posted by scooterchick

I always thought the lower to the floor the better. Mine is (was) only about an inch from the floor, but it's currently having teh master/slave/clutch unit investigated so maybe not the best example!!!!

And yes a heavy clutch on a diesel is normal.

thanks for the reply guys im going to have a look into bleeding the clutch as its a wee bit notchy first thing in the morning but no slipping and plenty of clutch so ill go look into bleeding it thanks

[lady zed]

Originally Posted by brianrfc

thanks for the reply guys im going to have a look into bleeding the clutch as its a wee bit notchy first thing in the morning but no slipping and plenty of clutch so ill go look into bleeding it thanks

Mine wasn't slipping at all, but it was starting to get tricky selecting 1st and reverse gear. Sometimes I had to double clutch it to get it in, especially reverse, my neighbours must have wondered why it took me so long to reverse in the driveway.

How many miles has it done?

[brianrfc]

Originally Posted by scooterchick

Mine wasn't slipping at all, but it was starting to get tricky selecting 1st and reverse gear. Sometimes I had to double clutch it to get it in, especially reverse, my neighbours must have wondered why it took me so long to reverse in the driveway.

How many miles has it done?

just turned 104k

[Tatts]

Notchy?

I don't want to sound alarmist, but thats what mine felt like immediately before it went.

[lady zed]

Mine has done just over 79000 so if you've got to 104 on the original clutch assembly I'd say that was good going!! However if you've just bought the car you don't want to be doing such a big job.

Hopefully a bleed will sort it out. Good luck!!!!

[brianrfc]

Originally Posted by scooterchick

Mine has done just over 79000 so if you've got to 104 on the original clutch assembly I'd say that was good going!! However if you've just bought the car you don't want to be doing such a big job.

Hopefully a bleed will sort it out. Good luck!!!!

ill try bleeding it at the weekend see how it goes if it need a clutch i will do it myself one weekend hope its not too hard a job lying on the ground