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Clutch
How can you tell when a clutch is worn out? Is there any warning or will
it all of a sudden stop working? Must a mechanic check it periodically? 2000 SC2 XINO |
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Xino Kiner > typed until their fingers bled, and
came up with: > How can you tell when a clutch is worn out? Is there any warning or > will it all of a sudden stop working? he engine will rev up faster than the car is accelerating. At first, you'll notice it under high load situations - going uphill, trunk full of heavy stuff, trying to rocket away from stop signs. Then it will get progressivly worse. when I first asked this question, I was always told "you'll know." Having experienced it (at 95K miles in a car that for the 1st 55k was driven by teenagers, then for the next 40 driven hard by me), I can tell you - "you'll know." -- Visit the Saturn Performance Club - http://www.saturnperformanceclub.com |
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True dat.
It will often smell bad too inside the engine - often getting sucked into the passenger compartment when the fan is on. Smells like burning brake pads (because that's basically what it is) which smells acrid and pungent - like burning leaves sort of. Once, however, on a 1983 Audi 4000 - it just collapsed after what seemed to me to be an unfairly brief warning period. I just pressed the pedal, I heard a "thunk" in the engine, the pedal went dead and the car stalled. End of clutch. -e "Kevin M. Keller" > wrote in message ... > Xino Kiner > typed until their fingers bled, and > came up with: > > > How can you tell when a clutch is worn out? Is there any warning or > > will it all of a sudden stop working? > > > he engine will rev up faster than the car is accelerating. At first, > you'll notice it under high load situations - going uphill, trunk full of > heavy stuff, trying to rocket away from stop signs. Then it will get > progressivly worse. > > when I first asked this question, I was always told "you'll know." Having > experienced it (at 95K miles in a car that for the 1st 55k was driven by > teenagers, then for the next 40 driven hard by me), I can tell you - > "you'll know." > > > -- > Visit the Saturn Performance Club - http://www.saturnperformanceclub.com |
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