Is My Clutch Dying?

[barnoon]

Hi guys,

Last night I was driving my car fairly hard for a short while and once when I put it into 2nd and floored it the revs just climbed rapidly to 7k and the car went nowhere and I smelt clutch straight away, so anyway I put it into 3rd and just cruised along for a little while then tried it again in 3rd and the revs climbed slowly again but the car went nowhere,

I then drove home nice and easy and put the car away for the night and drove to work this morning going no higher then 3k, I didnt notice the clutch slip at all on the way to work but as soon as I got out of the car when I got to work I could smell the really strong clutch smell again,

I got a mechanic to look at it for me and we took the car for a drive and he couldnt make the clutch do any noticable slips but we could both still smell the clutch very strongly whenever we stopped.

He done a test where he stopped the car, put it in 4th revved to 2k then let the clutch out and the car stalled instantly which is apparently what its meant to do if your clutch is ok and not slipping.

Anyway on the way home from work same thing drove very sedately and could still constantly smell the clutch burning. The clutch is a Exedy sports tuff and is 20 000km old does it seem like its on its last legs or could this be something else?

[shanef]

Hi guys,

Last night I was driving my car fairly hard for a short while and once when I put it into 2nd and floored it the revs just climbed rapidly to 7k and the car went nowhere and I smelt clutch straight away, so anyway I put it into 3rd and just cruised along for a little while then tried it again in 3rd and the revs climbed slowly again but the car went nowhere,

I then drove home nice and easy and put the car away for the night and drove to work this morning going no higher then 3k, I didnt notice the clutch slip at all on the way to work but as soon as I got out of the car when I got to work I could smell the really strong clutch smell again,

I got a mechanic to look at it for me and we took the car for a drive and he couldnt make the clutch do any noticable slips but we could both still smell the clutch very strongly whenever we stopped.

He done a test where he stopped the car, put it in 4th revved to 2k then let the clutch out and the car stalled instantly which is apparently what its meant to do if your clutch is ok and not slipping.

Anyway on the way home from work same thing drove very sedately and could still constantly smell the clutch burning. The clutch is a Exedy sports tuff and is 20 000km old does it seem like its on its last legs or could this be something else?

she's dead mate, replace that shit before u cant drive it at all

[R33LIN]

yeah mate, i agree with ^^^

shes prolly not dead yet, but soon enough she will be dead and you will either be crawling along or worse still at a standstill.

go for cushion button heavy duty, good for street and the spirited drive.

cheers