what mileage did your Clutch slave Cylinder give up at?

[atropa]

2003 V70,170hp petrol, 80000 miles
Clutch failed taking grandchildren to school. Slave cylinder leaked, gbox out, new parts, 7 hours labour @ 50 quid, £730. at an independent who were main dealers some years ago and after insolvency were bought out by the fitters. Still love this car though.

[micken]

Just gone tonight at 80136 miles. Uncanny, I've had the car from new Oct 2002, so it's done 10 years and 80k. To be fair this has been town driving so that's going to knacker a D5 clutch at some stage.

It's now in the indy garage and he's going to renew and replace as necessary. Also needing cam + auxilliary belts and associated wheels and rollers. Methinks it also needs steering fluid change plus all the other usual stuff.

Oh, and I must sort out that IC at some stage, it's whistling at me.

I love my D5 though. Recovery bloke has a S60 D5 and he loves his too.

Pondering on DMF though?

[grey pelican]

V40 1.9td 1999 just gone over 160,000 miles from new (one owner) all original but thinking that i need to change clutch.

[micken]

Have my D5 back on the road after having the following fitted: CSC, Clutch, DMF, intercooler, vacuum controlled engine mounts, gearbox mount, MAF sensor, cam belt + auxilliary and all rollers and tensioners, rear drop links and a full annual service on top.

All parts are Volvo original except the MAF sensor which is the Bosch part.

Hefty bill but I might get another ten years now.

[gb1uk]

Mine's just gone and I am just under 40,000 miles. XC90, D5 AWD Manual transmission. Flywheel needs doing too apparently!! Mad - spend over £40 grand on a brand new car and you don't expect this after 6 years with such low mileage...

'VOLVO - FOR LIFE' - don't think so!!!!

[foggyjames]

Low mileage means very little. In fact, in some situations, it can worsen matters, as the car has most likely been used for more stop-start driving, or not used much, both of which aren't good for it.

It's not just Volvos...in fact, the Volvos seem to be relatively robustly built in this regard, albeit not foolproof. Absolutely everything modern has the same issues, as they all have the same kit, although some have particularly severe problems (I'm looking at you, mk3 Mondeo, and your flywheel of butter). No doubt cars will be getting scrapped within a few years because of DMF failures (typically a £1k bill, once a new clutch and CSC are in).

My D5 has a shade under a quarter of a million miles on the clock, and is due a flywheel and clutch. It'll be interesting to see from the dates on the parts if they've been changed before. It's an ex-fleet car (i.e. mostly motorway use), so not inconceivable that it's all original.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but the combination of the DMF and CSC failures does make an auto look vaguely attractive...!

cheers

James

[micken]

I can see where you are coming from foggyjames.

My V70 D5 has done loads of heavy city driving with a regular start, few miles, stop, park for the day and back again. It's had to be a daily driver, no other choice. Knowing what it's done from day one I've been happy to replace the bits that have seemed to give up somewhat prematurely.

Cheers

Mick

[bigbimbo67]

Hi there mine's went after 116,00k thing was it was the plastic core plug that went so oil all over the clutch. I was advised to do the crankcase oil seal as well as the csc dmf all came in at £1060 she was in and out in 3 days and I'am in love again

[Lexington013]

Mine went at 88000 miles. Brand new clutch (LUK) and slave cylinder plus few associated bits. Came to over £1100 all in.
Car now on 112000 miles and has been brilliant!

[oldgreybloke]

Oo-er missus. 116k and counting