Aight guys, i've been talking to a few people and they say my clutch is showing signs of slipping. Here's the story, whenever i shift fast and hard it sounds like there's too much gas going to my engine. I've had a few people say yea, you're clutch is slipping... but i also know that i have a leak in my clutch line that i havent gotten fixed yet, i have to refill the clutch resivoir with brake fluid every so often, and i was wondering, actually hoping that the leak in the clutch line would be causing the clutch to slip because i really don't wanna spend money on a new clutch, if anyone has had this problem please let me know, or if you have any insight at all it'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance everyone

 

Sounds like your clutch IS slipping. The fluid in the clutch cylinder reservoir is what helps you DISengage the clutch (when you press the clutch pedal down), otherwise(pedal up) the clutch disc is just naturally clamped down to your flywheel by the fingers of the pressure plate. When the disc wears down low enough, the pressure plate springs don't travel far enough to clamp the disc all the way down, therefore slipping occurs. If you were to let your fluid get low enough, you would find that you wouldn't have much pedal pressure and wouldn't be able to get the clutch to disengage and/or would have problems getting your car in/out of gear... HTH

Dan P.

 

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