Good Afternoon,
Hoping someone will be kind enough to share some wisdom!
I have recently bought a 2003 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 2.5 CRD.
Problem is, I only got around 10 miles towards home in it before the tow truck was out to tow it to a local garage - The Clutch was making an awful squeal when disengaged to change gear (with the clutch pedal down) and when I came up to a roundabout - it gave up, died and refused to start again.
The recovery guys looked over it today and have declared it requires a new clutch and probably Dual mass flywheel - at a very expensive cost.
My concern is, could the dodgy clutch really cause the Jeep to cut out (I understand with a Clutch on the way out, it could easily have stalled) - but I don't understand why it then would not have started up - it tried bless it, turned over, but no spark, no life.
I have never owned one of these before and it's all a bit new to me - I just don't want to spend a huge amount of money on the clutch if there are likely to be further underling issues...
Weird part is, when the truck arrived to recover it, it did then start up again, probably an hour or so after it first died. Aside from the squeal, the clutch felt fine to, it seemed to pull okay and changed through the gears with no noticeable issues.
Thanks,
Mike
Hoping someone will be kind enough to share some wisdom!
I have recently bought a 2003 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 2.5 CRD.
Problem is, I only got around 10 miles towards home in it before the tow truck was out to tow it to a local garage - The Clutch was making an awful squeal when disengaged to change gear (with the clutch pedal down) and when I came up to a roundabout - it gave up, died and refused to start again.
The recovery guys looked over it today and have declared it requires a new clutch and probably Dual mass flywheel - at a very expensive cost.
My concern is, could the dodgy clutch really cause the Jeep to cut out (I understand with a Clutch on the way out, it could easily have stalled) - but I don't understand why it then would not have started up - it tried bless it, turned over, but no spark, no life.
I have never owned one of these before and it's all a bit new to me - I just don't want to spend a huge amount of money on the clutch if there are likely to be further underling issues...
Weird part is, when the truck arrived to recover it, it did then start up again, probably an hour or so after it first died. Aside from the squeal, the clutch felt fine to, it seemed to pull okay and changed through the gears with no noticeable issues.
Thanks,
Mike