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Help - Oil contaminated clutch - recoverable?
Dave Ashurst - 21/3/09 at 05:30 PM

As the title says really.

Is it possible to clean a car clutch plate that's been soaked in oil?

If so how?

It's an AP Racing one so quite expensive, and only 2 months old.

tia
Dave

blakep82 - 21/3/09 at 05:31 PM

if its soaked i'd have thought its had it...
brake cleaner might be your best bet though?

chrisg - 21/3/09 at 05:32 PM

I've been told that soaking in dry cleaning fluid followed by a thorough drying works, but I haven't personally tried it.

Cheers

Chris

Jon Ison - 21/3/09 at 05:39 PM

Pepsi max, honestly, always had a bottle in the tool kit in my grass tracking days, cures a wet slipping clutch in nanoseconds.

I had a RV8 fastened to a Audi box in a class ten, oil seal leaked for a whole season, coke down hole before each meeting job done, guess I should have repaired seal but coke was easier.


edit to add, put a proper engine in, they like oil on the clutch..........

[Edited on 21/3/09 by Jon Ison]

Dave Ashurst - 21/3/09 at 05:52 PM

Wow, thanks guys. Plenty to play with there!

I feel better already.

D

prawnabie - 21/3/09 at 05:53 PM

Problems dave?

Dave Ashurst - 21/3/09 at 09:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
Problems dave?


Hi Shaun,

Yes. A bit too much oil outside the engine for my liking.

Hopefully all of it came from a leaky end cover seal on the new high pressure oil pump on the new engine.

The only time I've ever I left the clutch arm gaiter off the bvellhousing. Oil everywhere under the car and dripping off everything. I cleaned off the oil and replaced the pump but it was too late. On Thursday, going home from work on the motorway the clutch started slipping on acceleration.

Nothing a quick engine and gearbox out and in again won't solve I guess plus some heavy duty cleaning solvents

I just hope the crank seal is ok.

Or perhaps I'll just shake and squirt a bottle of pepsimax into the bellhousing ..


D

goaty - 21/3/09 at 09:57 PM

boiling it in water is best bet, but that means getting it out....

prawnabie - 21/3/09 at 10:51 PM

Thats a pity dave, I am off out in the locost tomorrow and was going to head over your way!

May well go to Bridgnorth now or somewhere nearer the welsh border if the weather holds out!

Shaun

Ninehigh - 22/3/09 at 06:57 AM

So the coke thing actually works? Cool I was thinking it might have been one of them BS mails that go round

Dave Ashurst - 22/3/09 at 07:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
Thats a pity dave, I am off out in the locost tomorrow and was going to head over your way!

May well go to Bridgnorth now or somewhere nearer the welsh border if the weather holds out!

Shaun



You're more than welcome to call over anyway. I'll get a bottle of pepsi max from the co-op for the car.

Jon Ison - 22/3/09 at 10:10 AM

You must have tried the 2p left in a glass of coke thing ?

If not try it, may put you off drinking coke when you see the results.

Ninehigh - 22/3/09 at 10:25 AM

Yeah done that. It jams up the coinstar machine