Average clutch life ?

nitram100 · 28 Jul 2021 at 21:24

Hi guys, just an update.

I went to check the Hyundai i20 yesterday and took it for a little drive, got up to 30mph odd and put it in 5th gear and the revs stayed consistent, pedal felt good. I also stuck it in 4th, with handbrake up and lifted pedal slowly it stalled. So it sounds good?

I got the guy down to £900, which is great considering it has FSH, just had serpentine belt done, brakes and full AC regas. Miles are actually 113k , which I suppose isn't bad for a an 11 year old car.

Going to pick it up tomorrow after work. Literally only need the car to last until Feb as I'm emigrating to Australia with the Mrs.

Thanks for all the info guys

Rainmaker · 29 Jul 2021 at 03:16

I was reading this thread thinking >200k the way you talked about it. A tidy little FSH Hyundai with the fiddly/expensive maintenance jobs recently done, 100K miles, working air con and MOT until next year... for £900... and you only need it to last six months? I wouldn't be worried. Hell if you weren't so far away I'd have given you £500 for it when you emigrated just for the eldest to crash a few times while he learns to drive.

nitram100 · 29 Jul 2021 at 07:59

Haha more than welcome if ya can make your way down to London!

Scania · 29 Jul 2021 at 08:28

bainbridge said:
Any other on board displays which you wouldn't normally see in a car?

A few from the top of my head….

Engine operating hours.

Brake pad wear on all 3 axles (on the tractor)

Service / Inspection intervals.

Air pressure (for the suspension and brakes) Oil pressure, battery voltage, turbo boost pressure

Driving information from the tachograph (hours driven, rest periods, total daily / weekly and fortnightly driving)

On-board weighing

Starting gear (you can choose which gear to pull away in or select automatic where it picks for you)

Lopéz · 29 Jul 2021 at 09:05

AWPC said:
its always a sensible consideration though as its a failure which will usually strand you at the roadside!

Most mechanical failures will leave you stranded at the roadside.

Freddie1980 · 29 Jul 2021 at 09:23

nitram100 said:
Hi guys, just an update.

I went to check the Hyundai i20 yesterday and took it for a little drive, got up to 30mph odd and put it in 5th gear and the revs stayed consistent, pedal felt good. I also stuck it in 4th, with handbrake up and lifted pedal slowly it stalled. So it sounds good?

I got the guy down to £900, which is great considering it has FSH, just had serpentine belt done, brakes and full AC regas. Miles are actually 113k , which I suppose isn't bad for a an 11 year old car.

Going to pick it up tomorrow after work. Literally only need the car to last until Feb as I'm emigrating to Australia with the Mrs.

Thanks for all the info guys

If you look after the car an don't abuse the clutch it will work fine but what will eventually go is either the master or slave cylinder at around 150K. I don't know what they cost on a Hyundai but on my Mk5 Golf it cost about £50 for a replacement (new/OEM) slave cylinder and that's with me doing the work (in hindsight I should I have got a salvaged part for less).

Penfold101 · 29 Jul 2021 at 09:54

Every clutch I’ve ever had changed was due to the gearbox coming off for one reason or another, instead of the clutch itself being the issue. Gearbox noises, flywheels, engine removal etc - if you to remove it, you may as well replace it unless you know the history, as the majority of the cost in these things is the manpower to get to it…

bainbridge · 29 Jul 2021 at 13:37

Scania said:
A few from the top of my head….

Engine operating hours.

Brake pad wear on all 3 axles (on the tractor)

Service / Inspection intervals.

Air pressure (for the suspension and brakes) Oil pressure, battery voltage, turbo boost pressure

Driving information from the tachograph (hours driven, rest periods, total daily / weekly and fortnightly driving)

On-board weighing

Starting gear (you can choose which gear to pull away in or select automatic where it picks for you)

Nice. I guess that in the brave new world of electric cars, it'll be road speed, miles remaining and tyre pressures, and that's it. I imagine regenerative braking advances will do away with pads/drums altogether eventually.

Howard · 29 Jul 2021 at 13:40

nitram100 said:
Or a Mazda 2 2010 with only 79k but zero service history and no MOT, which I would have to sort myself.

Surely that's not for sale for anything more than scrap money?!

Rilot · 29 Jul 2021 at 13:52

Our CR-V lasted until 100k before it needed a clutch. Even then it would have probably gone on for another 20k or so before it properly let go.

alchal · 29 Jul 2021 at 17:59

Most milage I have ever done in a car is 110,000 miles a Citroen C4 06 most reliable car I've ever had! Never changed the clutch, never had any problems in that regard.
As others have said it's all down to driving style, I could make tyres last bloody ages because I don't pretend I'm racing everyone to the next set of traffic lights and take it nice and steady, helps on the rest of the wear and tear as well.

nitram100 · 29 Jul 2021 at 21:33

Howard said:
Surely that's not for sale for anything more than scrap money?!

He was actually asking pretty much the same amount as the i20 with higher miles. Got the i20 all sorted now, actually really nice ride, well impressed for £900!

Fusion · 31 Jul 2021 at 13:18

Still on the original clutch on my Golf MK6 (2.0 diesel 140ps), coming up to 114k now. No traffic light grand prix antics.