Good evening all,

I have just swapped the engine on my 2012 doblo 1.3 diesel. Now that the new engine is in the clutch does not return another being pressed. Please could somebody talk me through bleeding the clutch. I'm thinking that disconnect at the gearbox has caused this. Please help ASAP. Cheers in advance.

Ciaran.

Hi Ciaran.

can i just ask something a bit obvious, You do have a pressure plate and friction on the new engine.

Tim

CiaranJones said:

Good evening all,

I have just swapped the engine on my 2012 doblo 1.3 diesel. Now that the new engine is in the clutch does not return another being pressed. Please could somebody talk me through bleeding the clutch. I'm thinking that disconnect at the gearbox has caused this. Please help ASAP. Cheers in advance.

Ciaran.

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Whats the feel of the clutch.. is in sat on top of g.box ?

Did you fit a new clutch with the engine?
If so we're the engine number's the same as a different number may have a different clutch

chris3234 said:

Did you fit a new clutch with the engine?
If so we're the engine number's the same as a different number may have a different clutch

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Eh..

If the flywheel bolted up ok

And the bell housing then bolted up ok..

Youd be 90+% there

Everything went on as it should.

timmycm850 said:

Hi Ciaran.

can i just ask something a bit obvious, You do have a pressure plate and friction on the new engine.

Tim

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I do mate.

varesecrazy said:

Whats the feel of the clutch.. is in sat on top of g.box ?

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I've bled as far as it seems it will go but still feels quite light.

CiaranJones said:

I've bled as far as it seems it will go but still feels quite light.

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Is this sat on top of gearbox..

Or within the bellhousing ?

Fed fluid from own reservoir.. or shared with brakes ??

varesecrazy said:

Is this sat on top of gearbox..

Or within the bellhousing ?

Fed fluid from own reservoir.. or shared with brakes ??

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Sat on top of gearbox and shared with brakes.

If everything has been fitted as it should, and you have known good master and slave cylinders, then the most probable cause would be air in the system. If you lost enough fluid without replacing it in the reservoir, then you have air inside the master cylinder. And it takes quite a bleeding to get that out. You either use a vacuum pump, or if you have help, get someone inside and proceed with the bleeding at the slave cylinder niple, just as you do with the brakes. Move the pedal by hand if you have to. Nice and slow, so that it has time to pull the liquid from the tank, so that when you push the pedal, the bubbles would be pushed towards the slave cylinder. The niple hasn't got a thread, so to set it for bleeding mode, get the clip almost out, and pull on the hose until it stops. Pedal down, push the hose back in, pedal up, pull the hose back to bleeding mode. Really important, don't forget to add fluid to the tank!!! Otherwise you will have to start over. A vacuum pump helps speed up the process, if you have one.

Hi, done all this but still no luck.

Any chance you or anyone on this thread could give me a call. 07446122506, to talk through what is happening? Thank you.