Yet Newbie lad - Hi everyone

[Garvic1]

Hi all , finally joined the community of Crafter's , after having a T4 is great to be able to stand up inside . 2015 (only 70k mikes) lwb Crafter now a fully kitted out camper with garage area too -- & we love it . Great site and loads of good info on here - but........ A bit of a strange question straight away though - has anybody experienced any intermittent clutch slipping & if so what was the fault/ fix ? It really is a wierd one with no indication to when it'll start (pedal feels the same & no strange noises) then will randomly start slipping quite seriously (on flat or uphill) , so coax it around and after a fair number of gear changes it's suddenly OK again , & can be fine for 100's of miles, then just start slipping again . Any experience or ideas please. Chance of going into the alpes before the end of this , it would be "character building " if it started with the fault again up those hills. Thank you in advance .

 

[rod_vw]

Sorry I can't help but welcome aboard any way.

 

[Garvic1]

Thanks "rod vw" for your welcome. Looks a great forum , with loads of various reading to be done. Cheers

 

[kipperman]

Occams razor would suggest the clutch itself despite the intermittent nature. I’d certainly get that checked out before going anywhere near the Alps- definitely not the place to have total failure

 

[Garvic1]

Morning "Kipperman" , "Occams razor" ? , yeah , definitely not he place for a clutch to go awol . Just done +400 miles in it this weekend without fault. Aren't intermittent faults the worst kind. A "short" trip up to the Scottish Highlands for this week will be another little test before the big trip - all very peculiar indeed. Fingers (and everything else ) crossed it's uneventful. The only thing that would seem a viable possibility is maybe a problem with either the master or slave cylinder not releasing the full pressure when released - but why so rarely and intermittent , although it is like clutching at straws if you forgive the pun .

 

[kipperman]

Morning "Kipperman" , "Occams razor" ? , yeah , definitely not he place for a clutch to go awol . Just done +400 miles in it this weekend without fault. Aren't intermittent faults the worst kind. A "short" trip up to the Scottish Highlands for this week will be another little test before the big trip - all very peculiar indeed. Fingers (and everything else ) crossed it's uneventful. The only thing that would seem a viable possibility is maybe a problem with either the master or slave cylinder not releasing the full pressure when released - but why so rarely and intermittent , although it is like clutching at straws if you forgive the pun .

Occams razor - simply the concept of the most obvious reason( for clutch failure in this case) being the most likely (in this case clutch lining wear). Doesn't of course exclude other possibilities.

 

[Garvic1]

Got ya , ta