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schakal
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:58 pm |
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going from work to home ,the engine is heated up nicely (2nd line on the temp.gauge) . put my foot down on the 4th gear up to 5k revs,after 5 secs it smells of burned clutch in the cabin. everything is allright up till 4k revs but this happened a few times lately ,i got the same smell in the cabin at/over 5k revs. is the clutch slipping as the engine is revving high?
is it buggered ??
can i just keep driving at low revs (3-4k max) to make the clutch last longer ??/
by the way , NO i dont drive with my foot on the clutch pedal . |
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JB
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:40 pm |
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if the engine revs higher but your not goin faster without touchin the clutch pedal it cud well be a knackered clutch...any idea of the age/milage on it? |
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schakal
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:43 pm |
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not touching the clutch at all apart from changing gears .
179.800 miles |
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red19rt
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:56 pm |
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sorry off topic but....179,800 miles 
That gives me hope for mine, it's only just turned 74k! |
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schakal
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:11 pm |
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oh you better believe it mate,178.000 is nothing when a car is well looked after .i just had it for a year and had no major problems at all so far. |
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huwwatkins
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:41 pm |
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my M8's TD hit 195K before it was written off |
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JB
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:58 am |
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mileage on the current clutch i mean....if its 179k then it would be safe to assume it is worn out! |
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schakal
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:48 am |
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oh no ,i have no idea when the clutch was changed sorry .i had the car for a year now and done about 5000 miles so far.
do you reckon the clutch has never been changed at all? is that possible? |
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Chris H
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:47 am |
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my energy done 206k miles before it was written off.
I changed my energy clutch at 145k miles I needn't have bothered it was still fine.
Depending on how the cars driven the clutch could last for a million miles. If its in town all the time then you can knock one out in 10 k miles, if its driving every day from lands end to johogroats then its not really going to wear much.
What you need to find out is if the engine speed is increasing but the cars speed isn't increasing with it. If so the clutch is slipping. Now this could be due to a stretched cable making the adjuster pull it out or a faulty pedal.
Go on the motorway or somewhere get up to say 70 mph dip the clutch rev the engine up then bring the clutch out at the same time as flooring the throttle, the revs should drop instantly to the right amount for the speed (70 mph around 3500rpm) if the engine revs up and stays high then yep its slipping. |
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Roger Red Hat
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:18 am |
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or do the up a hill trick...
low gear start at hill, see if engine revs with out it giving anypower.
also, my clio is coming up to 147k
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