Heavy clutch - anyway to improve it?

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Post by siraff »

Hmm. Got me thinking now. Would the box take the extra from the turbo? Also is it electronically controlled or just a straight torque converter?
I wanted to put an auto in it anyway but the 306 came up at the right time and price so that's what went in.
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As far as I am aware its completely mechanical. That's partly what attracted me to it.

I thought it was that slightly nasty 3 electronic controlled speed unit the 106's had (rare) but no thankfully it is not :D

It should be the same box as the 205 auto and the 405 auto (the four speed unit) and the early 306's (pre 97), although the final drive / gear ratio's are likely to be different. If you fitted the petrol autobox it would run out of revs quite quickly and drink fuel.

I think power wise it should cope to be honest.

I'm hoping Jim see's this post and can offer some of his expert thoughts on this matter.
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Post by Peter.N. »

Hi Richard

The 2.5 has a hydraulic clutch but the 2.1 is cable, I think that the 2.1 Xantia is hydraulic. I have a 2.5 parked here that belongs to someone else and the clutch on my 2.1 is even lighter than that :shock: .

The 2.1 XM is available with an auto box, in fact most of those for sale now are auto - but I wouldn't have one

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Post by jgra1 »

hi Siraff a bit late this..

my Xant TD had a new Valeo clutch fitted about 2 years ago by me.. I greased and cleaned what I could while I was there.. the new clutch was nice, but about half way betwen light and heavy I would say.. it was a little snatchy when trying to make a smooth pull away, so a couple of weeks ago I finally replaced the cable..

now, with a new cable, yep, its much smoother to engange the clutch .. but.. it's now too heavy by half :twisted: ..

not much help but goes to show the routing is important.. no idea what I have done wrong but will look again over the weekend..

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Post by jonnydrumm1967 »

If the XM 2.1 Estate I owned had been a manual,I would've kept it.The auto box just didn't seem to be matched to the engine.
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