no worries mate.
there are tons of info on the UK forums. good to pay them a visit.
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no worries mate.
there are tons of info on the UK forums. good to pay them a visit.
how did you go? any update?Quote:
Originally Posted by GEG
Half update for now lol
so the car drove fine, was going to recheck the piping, and top up oil as discussed.
come morning time, i topped up the oil, let it sit, then took it out for the day.
from the very first take off, something felt funny. the clutch was slipping, and was unable to hold the acceleration through the band. the engine revs as normal, but that is not converting in to power, the car is very slowly creeping forward.
so i am not able to even overtake, because i cant generate the speed on the moment - without maxing out the revs just to get to 60..
what bothers me is that it literally happened overnight, with no changes in anything else.
last night i took it all apart, checked the vacuum hoses, and the seals around the silicon bend pipe - all good. put it back together from scratch just incase.
same thing today, no change. i am going to take it down to a mechanic to have a check at 3pm today. i refuse to believe that the clutch is on the way out, it was perfect until the night before, with no changes. the gear box is super strong, as always - so not the issue.
has it fallen out of alignment? i have no idea what happened. but it smells like clutch no matter where i go.
help!!
i think there is more issue than just the CAI alone........
yeh seems to be, any idea what? it was 100% the night before, and then wouldnt take off in the morning? i just want to have an idea of what to ask or know about when i go to get the mechanic to take a look
did you undo something you shouldn't? the gearbox/clutch are around that area of the engine bay.......
nothing else was taken off .. but i did lose a small sized socket into the depths, remember...
dremeled the plastic off, put on the pipe, lost a socket, topped up oil
that's the step by step of the changes!
so, clutch is gone.
booked it in for tuesday, FML
what clutch are u getting?
oem it seems
unless you have a recommendation? nothing heavy duty. nothing that cant be daily-ed. nothing [expensive]
man i cant stand the smell, it's off the road as soon as i get home from work.
That's sad to hear! Clutch dies out of nowhere.. Really strange, you sure you didn't severly burnt te clutch the night before?
One thing I'm scared of is clutch dieing!
I heard exedy organic clutch is quite good, not very heavy and a little heavy then stock, have a look into it!
definitely not burning the clutch, i guess it was just on the way out, but sucks about the cost of it all!!
exedy sports organic is the popular choice, says indy for IS motor racing
im going to get him to do it, he says that during the taking off of a bolt, there is a chance of the vibration breaking an o2 sensor, which not many mechanics know. so, i am going to go to him instead of the local guy, just incase. i dont want to risk the future problems.