Hey- first time user, thanks in advance for being awesome.
I have an e28, my girlfriend drives an 86 325. Just recently we replaced her brake/ clutch fluid. Immediately afterward she noticed the clutch seemed to be engaging higher on the pedal than it had before... you can let the clutch almost all the way out before it catches. It works fine, just engages way out. We pressure bled the crap out of it, no change. So we drove it over to my mechanic, who really knows what he's doing with these cars (Ed Geiger, Hillsboro, NC) and drives a 325i himself. He felt it and said it seemed like it was the clutch disc being nearly worn out. The thing is, you'd think the clutch disc wearing would happen very gradually, and not all of a sudden make itself known like that. On the other hand, the car has ~215k and I have no reason to think the clutch isn't original, so it wouldn't be a shock were it to be dead. My question is, does it seem more likely to be time to get a clutch, or do you think there's something else going on? TIA!
I have an e28, my girlfriend drives an 86 325. Just recently we replaced her brake/ clutch fluid. Immediately afterward she noticed the clutch seemed to be engaging higher on the pedal than it had before... you can let the clutch almost all the way out before it catches. It works fine, just engages way out. We pressure bled the crap out of it, no change. So we drove it over to my mechanic, who really knows what he's doing with these cars (Ed Geiger, Hillsboro, NC) and drives a 325i himself. He felt it and said it seemed like it was the clutch disc being nearly worn out. The thing is, you'd think the clutch disc wearing would happen very gradually, and not all of a sudden make itself known like that. On the other hand, the car has ~215k and I have no reason to think the clutch isn't original, so it wouldn't be a shock were it to be dead. My question is, does it seem more likely to be time to get a clutch, or do you think there's something else going on? TIA!
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