Clutch just went..pls help

[eltelturbo]

M20B25

I was driving home from work yesterday and about 5 mins after starting the car the clutch died. Couldnt select any gears, didn't hear anything break. I know the clutch is hydraulic but is there a cable or something that might have gone somewhere. Are there any checks i can do or should I start looking for a good clutch kit (any recomendations?) how much should the job cost to do?

Tel

[danbear]

check the fluid level first. mine has been needing a slave and master for a few weeks now, but has finally decided to give up lol. if thats what has happened to yours, about £60 you can get the parts for

[eltelturbo]

check the fluid level first. mine has been needing a slave and master for a few weeks now, but has finally decided to give up lol. if thats what has happened to yours, about £60 you can get the parts for

cheers will check that now

Is that touring with the borbets yours? Do your wheels rub on the back?

[danbear]

yeah its mine. the wheels were fine on the back, but the arches have been rolled a little bit. the fronts were 9j aswell but they were rubbing on the struts and i got a blowout lol. so now i'm running 15'' bbs wheels that i love and it drive smuch better with them on

[eltelturbo]

yeah its mine. the wheels were fine on the back, but the arches have been rolled a little bit. the fronts were 9j aswell but they were rubbing on the struts and i got a blowout lol. so now i'm running 15'' bbs wheels that i love and it drive smuch better with them on

very nice mate. I had the 9j A's on the back of mine but i didn't want the streched tires that came with them because they didn't protect the rim and normal tires would rub. I ended up swapping them for 7j like the front. I didn't want to roll the arches but i was really sad to let them go. my 9j was punctured so i didn't have much choice but to swap them with baz666's rusty 7j's

just checked the clutch fluid and there is some in there.

cheers

[danbear]

yeah i was sad when i let mine go does the clutch pedal itself feel ok? mine has no presure at all anymore.

[eltelturbo]

Yea the pedal feels like it did before it broke. What do you think a new fitted clutch should cost? I think the cylinder head/block has problems aswell, its using a bit of water and there's a tiny bit of white shite on the end of the dip-stick, white smoke from the pipe also...

new engine with a clutch on it is what i want really

[danbear]

If you need a new clutch i dont think they're that expensive unless you want a posh uprated jobby. as for the white stuff, sounds like head gasket to me, especially if its losing water. Tbh i'm still learning about these cars myself. i'm sure an E30 god will be along soon lol

[eltelturbo]

how about this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PERFORMANCE-ORGAN ... 5ad50a714c

or this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-5-PADDLE- ... 33587bde53

?????????????

[hazd31]

new clutch from my motorfactors was 110, still not fittted though as its still holding together
i thing the slave cylinder was about £25 off ebay this time last year,

[eltelturbo]

How do i know if I need a new slave cyinder? should i change that at the same time?

Could it be one small bit thats broken? i'm still not sure if I need a whole new clutch assembly...


thanks

[eltelturbo]

Could it be the gearbox? I think I would have noticed if it was the gearbox that fell apart but can this happen?

[eltelturbo]

its the friggin diff thats gone!

LSD TIME

[Brianmoooore]

How does a broken diff stop you selecting gears?

[N00b]

How does a broken diff stop you selecting gears?

Maybe he meant that the lever still slots into position, but no forward movement occured?
FWIW, I read it that way too, ie it wouldn't shift from the neutral position.

[eltelturbo]

Exactly what I meant noob, cheers i should have put that differently I assumed it was clutch related...i never thought the diff would go like that

anyway, problem solved now so thanks all for the help!

Merry Christmas