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Proton Persona clutch pump replacement

Clutch intermittently slip during depressing What is clutch pump and how it looks like? Do you ever wonder how clutch pedal will able to transfer pressure to the clutch plate inside drivetrain? Is it by cable or hydraulic? I thought the clutch inside our car is linked by a cable from the pedal to the actuator inside the engine but I was wrong. Not until my friend told me that I need to periodically check the fluid inside the reservoir to prevent from clutch misoperation which could cause a serious accident if not maintained properly. Now it is about time as I feel that my clutch pump started to slip even though the clutch pedal is fully depressed. What happened is actually the actuator start to gradually engaging the clutch pressure plate as fluid leaks giving the similar occasion as clutch pedal was released gradually. There was once I almost bumped onto the car in front and since then I have stopped driving this car and sort things out immediately.  I was shoc...

Proton Persona clutch burned and replacement

 Disaster! My clutch is totally destroyed and this is not my mistakes Lending help to my friend. He were having transportation problem as his old car was sold while waiting for new car to arrive and his courtesy car from his family was met with an accident. So he needed to borrow my car for a few weeks. Initially he wanted to borrow my sport bike but I declined as that bike was too fast and furious and I worry the most if he knock my bike to a total lost. So, I decided to lend him my Proton Persona with 3 pedals. Manual is the best! Bad news comes. Barely a week later he called me and said my car is having problem on the journey going to work as the car is moving very slow and reluctant to move when giving rev. He is able to limping the car and successfully reaching his working place. He mention everything happened and I told him that he had burned my clutch which is a hard job to get to replaced. He didn't believe me and called to a few of his friends and relatives asking for solu...