Clutch broken. AGAIN !

edisapimp · 04-05-2015, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lainmike0710

There are times I wonder, I'm not going to lie but idk, maybe its my newfound thought process at the old age of 30 that makes the 128i "enough."

Sounds like low-T. Maybe it's time to schedule an appointment with your Primary Care Provider.

lowbudgethero · 04-23-2015, 01:24 PM

Mine has just started to fail at 47K

If your rear main seal is leaking the clutch doesn't have a chance if any of that oil gets on it.

The other thing is, if your rear main seal is leaking after every 40K miles then something is wrong with who ever installed it the 1st time.

PA135i · 04-23-2015, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by lowbudgethero

Mine has just started to fail at 47K

If your rear main seal is leaking the clutch doesn't have a chance if any of that oil gets on it.

The other thing is, if your rear main seal is leaking after every 40K miles then something is wrong with who ever installed it the 1st time.

Good point. then the odds should be in my favor this time. hard to imagine that the rear main seal was installed incorrectly twice, from 2 different techs.

lowbudgethero · 04-23-2015, 03:47 PM

Have you done a CDV delete too? I just did mine when the weather was nice. A friend of mine is running on the stock clutch with a FBO car with slipping only in the winter when he's making a lot more power, he's had a CDV delete since he bought it and is at 80+K miles on the same clutch. Just makes me wonder if there is any truth to the early worn out clutch and cdv.

Pkaia524 · 04-24-2015, 05:39 PM

I have 157,000 miles on the original clutch.

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lowbudgethero Captain 125 Rep 750 Posts Drives: '98 Z3M (gone), '09 135i Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: 908 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW 135i [8.50]	Mine has just started to fail at 47K If your rear main seal is leaking the clutch doesn't have a chance if any of that oil gets on it. The other thing is, if your rear main seal is leaking after every 40K miles then something is wrong with who ever installed it the 1st time.
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lowbudgethero Captain 125 Rep 750 Posts Drives: '98 Z3M (gone), '09 135i Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: 908 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW 135i [8.50]	Have you done a CDV delete too? I just did mine when the weather was nice. A friend of mine is running on the stock clutch with a FBO car with slipping only in the winter when he's making a lot more power, he's had a CDV delete since he bought it and is at 80+K miles on the same clutch. Just makes me wonder if there is any truth to the early worn out clutch and cdv.
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Pkaia524 Private First Class 43 Rep 157 Posts Drives: 2008 128i 6MT coupe Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MD iTrader: (0)	I have 157,000 miles on the original clutch.
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