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Xantia Clutch question

Post by jgra1 »

All, what is a low pressure TD engine?
and anyone know how good 'national' clutches are?

I have found one cheap... wondering if it will fot my car..

NEW BOXED !! PEUGEOT / CITROEN NATIONAL CLUTCH.....

CK9553...

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CITROEN BERLINGO

1.9 Diesel 1869cc 2/98 - >


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XANTIA

1.9 Turbo Diesel 75 (Low pressure) 1905cc 2/98->01



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C15 1.9 Diesel 1868cc 00->



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PEUGEOT 406

1.9Diesel 1868cc 2/98 - 3/99

1.9 TD 75(Low pressure) 1905cc 1/98 - 3/99



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PEUGOT 306 1.9 Diesel 1868cc 7/99-01


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PEUGEOT PARTNER

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Post by CitroJim »

Hi John,

The Low Pressure TD engine was fitted, for a short time to some Xantias and was known , if memory serves me as the SD. It's a turbo but has very low boost and was seen as a stepping-stone between the NA engine and a fully turboed one. Advantages of both and all that... It was not about for long.

As regards the clutch for these, I'm afraid it's a conventional "push" clutch as fitted to the NA diesel engines and not the "pull" type as seen in the proper TD :(

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news :(
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Post by jgra1 »

thanks Jim :)

'tis ok, have found a 'pull' for about £50... cant seem to find much cheaper...

how much was your Valeo, out of interest?
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Post by Peter.N. »

If you are going to all the trouble of stripping it down, I would put the best one you can get in, unless its a lot easier to do than the XM I'm struggling with at the moment. :x
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Post by RichardW »

OE Valeo clutch is £100 from GSF - the one I got for a ZX even came in a Citroen box :lol: I am with Peter - given the amount of strife required to fit the thing, I wouldn't scrimp on an unknown quantity....
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Post by jgra1 »

I kind of agree chaps :)

this will be my Xantia fourth gearbox out.. :O

The best I managed was 3 hours (start to finish- gearbox holed by a pinoin breaking up!)

.... this time though I am taking lump out, as there are a few other jobs to do (HG, cambelt, engine bay clean and steering rack leak)

anyway... its a tough line... I know some people would only ever put Stealer parts in (see another post about friends clio and an £800 service) but also, I have generally used non-OE parts in , including a clutch kit from somewhere I can't remeber (£50 - 1.8Xant) and have always been fine...

I think it is probably in my nature to take a risk and hopefully cope with the consequences :D
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Post by CitroJim »

When we did Xac's clutch we fitted a £50 Transmech kit. It looked OK although Xac was still complaining it was too light last week :lol: One thing Xac and I noticed was how easy it was to refit the gearbox with this particular clutch compared to the right old faff I had when I fitted a Valeo to my old 1.9TD and the same when I fitted a Valeo to a Saxo concurrent to fitting Xac's.

So, one is tempted to ask if the Transmech driven plate is a sloppy fit on the gearbox input shaft splines whereas a Valeo is more accurately machined and thus fits more tightly perhaps :?
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Post by citronut »

some one once asked me to fit a clutch to his BX (TAXI DRIVER SAY NO MORE ), he also talked me into him supplying the parts, he bought a NATIONAL clutch kit from a cut price motor factors whos name i wont mention, and neadless to say i have never used on principle,

once i had fitted it i had to wind the adjuster right to the end of its adjustmet before it would disengage when pressing the pedle,

also i belive they are remanufatured clutches,
as others have said its a lot of work to be doing it twice,

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Post by jgra1 »

ok

thanks all..
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Post by xantia 1.9td 1999 »

jgra1 wrote:thanks Jim :)

'tis ok, have found a 'pull' for about £50... cant seem to find much cheaper...

how much was your Valeo, out of interest?

HI

I definately agree with all the other chaps about the quality of the clutch, however, if your not in too much of a ruch try ebay. i recently found a valeo clutch brand new for 50. Bargain.
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Post by Xaccers »

I'm actually loving the transmech one now Jim, it's not quite as light as your TD's which is perfect for me :)
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