dattoman Member 67 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Location: Perth Western Australia Posted 05/11/04 10:55 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 10:55 AM Clutch fluid is the same as brake fluid.It requires regular flush and bleed just like your brakes do. In fact.....you use your clutch on average at least 5 times more than the brakes. So it should be flushed approx every 6 mths or so.Discolouration is normal as moisture content increases and seals and bores wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 05/11/04 10:59 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 10:59 AM Pfffft...In times of need, real men change gears without the clutch in XC's........<{POST_SNAPBACK}>And l'm sure you've done it plenty of times :lol:<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Indeed I have!Ive demolished around 4 pressure plates, and completely melted the clutch pipe on the dyno one day!All good fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 05/11/04 12:11 PM Share Posted 05/11/04 12:11 PM My brother in his XE used to swap cogs without the clutch. He used to get it perfect almost every time and it never crunched (ok, maybe 1 in 50 would crunch, vary rare).He is just really good at 'guestemating' the right rpm for each change (in either direction) from anywhere in the rev range. Wasn't the fastest way to change gears but if you're too lazy to use a clutch, well......When he was pushing it obviously he would use the clutch, no way you would clutchless change gears with full force, that would be stupid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God666 Complete Bastard Donating Members 1,123 Member For: 21y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 05/11/04 12:19 PM Share Posted 05/11/04 12:19 PM I don't accept that it is getting affected by heat any worse than the brake next to it. Mind you, having said that, I haven't had a good look at the pipes to see whether they go straight past a the exhaust any closer than the brake lines do. My suspicion is that there is a metal or synthetic component somewhere in the system that is reacting with the fluid. This problem has been widely reported and I would suggest there would not be a manual out there more than a couple of months old that doesn't have discoloured fluid. Mine went within the first month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6_ED Member 1,517 Member For: 21y 10m 28d Posted 05/11/04 12:26 PM Share Posted 05/11/04 12:26 PM When I flushed mine, the fluid had metal specks in it. The only place it could have come from is the aluminium piston in the master cylinder . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPHOON Donating Members 1,776 Member For: 21y 7m 15d Posted 05/11/04 01:22 PM Share Posted 05/11/04 01:22 PM I've had two gearbox repairs and two gearbox changes. Each time the fluid was replaced, only to discolour egain within a week or 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOOT Member 1,201 Member For: 21y 7m 23d Location: Birkdale Posted 05/11/04 09:59 PM Share Posted 05/11/04 09:59 PM Mine is the same, its brown and fugly. I will mention it next time at the dealers and the can flush it. My bet is that it will go fugly again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMPee Member 247 Member For: 20y 11m 3d Location: Sydney Posted 06/11/04 12:41 AM Author Share Posted 06/11/04 12:41 AM Cheers guys, thanks for the replys. It doesn't sound like its anything to get worried about but I'll tell the dealer to flush and replace it before I finalise the purchase hopefully in the next couple of days Can't wait, Ive been dreaming of a BA for 3 years Then I can start reading the modification forum section :rain: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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