Clutch

[happypug]

   Hi all.
    Hope I am posting in the correct section. How many miles will I get from my original clutch? at present it`s 169000 and pulling strong.  I am running down to  Newquay in july and don't want it to fail on me then.  Being an old driver (63) and enjoying it.  Plenty of enthusiasm for 306.
   Cheers.

[Piggy]

Anything from 100miles to 100k miles.

Not really an answerable question I'm afraid

[bashbarnard]

They don't have a specified mileage as all drivers are different. It will go when it wears completely. Sorry I cant be more precise for you.

[Iceman299]

It will start slightly slipping when it's on it's way out. I drove mine on motorways for a few months with a slipping clutch and it's fine as long as you drive sensibly and don't smash the accelerator into the floor 

[Poodle]

If you've persuaded the original to last this far you should be fine, what's 300 miles to 169,000!

Are there any signs of imminent failure; ie clutch pedal stiff or not returning fully, release bearing noisy, slipping under heavy acceleration, etc?

[Toms306]

Are you sure its original? I haven't seen a release bearing last that long even if the clutch plate does!

As others have said though, you can't put a distance on a clutch, but it shouldn't fail without prior warning anyway, so you'd have to be unlucky for it to completely fail on the one week you're away!

[WiNgNuTz]

When mine was going in my DT (Sorry for bringing it up Grant and Niall! ), it started slipping on boost, lasted that way for a couple of months with careful driving! I'm sure you'll have no worries with your one if there are no symptoms of being worn.