Soft Clutch Pedal - Seeking Advice!

[Sir B]

Just been driving around London with the rest of the 60 or so other TVR's. Whilst going through slow traffic in the centre, (lots of slipping of the clutch) found the clutch pedal went looser and looser until it finally wouldn't let me engage or disengage the gears. Stopped for 10 minutes and the clutch pedal seemed to slightly recover. A full stop for lunch seems to have allowed it to recover fully. Is this just the clutch overheating or is there something more sinister I should get checked out?

Any thoughts or experiences with regard to the above much appreciated!

[joospeed]

Sounds like the fluid might be overheating as it passes by the ho exhaust manifold .. no cooling air over it when tootling around town at slow speed. Mind you if your dealer is on top of the servicing the fluid should never reach the point where this is a problem .. so maybe investigate when it was last changed, or if they did it at all ..

[Sir B]

The Cerbera used to have the reg T5 GNS and was previously serviced at Joospeed. (Olympic blue, beige leather 4.5). The last 6k service was at 15,516 miles. Any idea whether the clutch/gear fluids are normally changed at this time?

Does the overheating potentially cause any lasting damage?

[J_S_G]

joospeed said:

if your dealer is on top of the servicing the fluid should never reach the point where this is a problem .. so maybe investigate when it was last changed, or if they did it at all ..

Sir B said:

The Cerbera used to have the reg T5 GNS and was previously serviced at Joospeed.

Ah, Joo, that's a classic...

[EDDIE 4.2]

Nice one Nick