Symptoms:
Clutch pedal to the top of its travel and the clutch sometimes snags pulling away from standstill. Also judders. No slipping detected.

Main problem is I have a pungent burning smell coming into the car after about 6 miles of steady town(ish) driving. I'm assuming that the clutch is slipping whilst driving normally along and is heating up to the point of burning?

Are these connected? Does the clutch burn and smell like this before letting go? It's my first clutch wear refit and I'm a little green and virgin like in this department! ;-)

Or should I be looking more closely for a leak? (none detected at the moment).

Cheers guys.

Al

 

What does the buring smell, smell like ??

A lot of cars suffer from a leak in the right hand rocker gasket whcih smells when hot as the oil is burnt off

Clutch slip you will notice on pull off or 4th / 5th gear when traveling normaly 40ish & flooring it, the revs go silly but the speed does not pick up in relation to the revs

 

If the clutch picks up at the top of its travel then you have no free play left, this is essential to ensure no pressure on the diaphragm spring when the pedal is at the top of its travel. There should be approx. 12mm of pedal movement before the main resistance is felt. It is adjustable at the pedal box. If you have reached your present situation I reckon the clutch is pretty worn, but try adjustment first?
JohnD
PS I see you`re from Uxbridge, pop along to Power Engineering on the industrial estate?

[Edited by JohnD - 12/22/2001 5:21:01 PM]