A quick clutch question

citroenesque · Unread post by **citroenesque** » 15 Feb 2011, 16:02

Can anybody give me a ballpark on what it might cost (at a small independent-type garage) to fit a new clutch to a Xsara TD?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 15 Feb 2011, 16:17

£350 possibly Phil.

Why? have you bought one?

citroenesque · Unread post by **citroenesque** » 15 Feb 2011, 16:46

No, not yet, but a couple I have considered will need clutches sooner rather than later. Both TD's. Economy is a factor, you see.

It's for my wife to use for the regular short/medium runs we have to do. Finding a good ZX is getting hard. Mind you an affordable TD BX is even harder these days. Thing is, if I find one worth keeping for a while, and get the clutch etc. done, it'll be very suitable as a family runabout. I know the Xsara's bland, but it's still a Citroen - and with the TD XUD9, hopefully 'old-school' dependable.

Unread post by **Peter.N.** » 15 Feb 2011, 19:13

The 406 is very good - I know it's not a Citroen, but almost

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 15 Feb 2011, 19:18

if you after economy i would have said an NA diesel/XUD lump,

my old BX 1.9D used to run on a sniff of derv and even less after i had her gas flowed/portted,

regards malcolm

SwissSPEC · Unread post by **SwissSPEC** » 15 Feb 2011, 19:35

Thats interesting Malcolm, how come you had that done to your bx?

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Feb 2011, 19:41

For a reliable and easy to keep car my money would go on the Xsara 1.9D/TD over a ZX. Zxs dont have a good record for rot and are getting thin on the ground, plus the extra features and safety kit on the Xsara is a bonus.

I like Xsaras, underrated in my opinion. Tend to be good and reliable cars.

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 15 Feb 2011, 19:41

my previous workshop landlord does cylinder head work for a liveing,

so when i had the head off to sort the gasket he gasflowed it for a fee,

the car used to be economical before but after it was portted, it would drive at 30mph round town in 4th gear,

so this made her even more frugal,

and she had a lot more get up and go not that she was slow before hand,

not much more top end though,

regards malcolm

citroenesque · Unread post by **citroenesque** » 15 Feb 2011, 20:49

Ideally I would like a Xsara 1.9TD. You are right, the ZX is thin on the ground (and hasn't fared as well as the BX over the years?)...

So come March I think I'll be on the look out.

Now, because I'm unfamiliar; would they have done a non-metallic bright red?

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Feb 2011, 22:13

They certainly did do a non-metallic solid red colour, in the mk1 shape, not sure about the mk2, dont remember seeing them.

I was really tempted by a low mileage 1.9TD VSX Xsara in bright red with leather interior last year, it looked excellent.