WTF? My clutch is slipping?

[KarateBoy]

This is the story.

I was coming back from work yesterday and everything was perfectly fine.

Today, when I drive to school everything was fine too. On my way home, my car felt a little weird. I drive down this read where the speed limit is 45, I'm in 5th, and when I try to accelerate from 40 to 45-50ish, my revs move alittle and my car doesn't.

It seemed like my revs jumped about 500 rpm before the speed started to move. All the other gears seemed fine.

10 minutes later, I let my friend double check for me. This time in 3rd gear the revs fly 2000 rpm before the car moves.

I NEVER ever heard of a clutch dieing so quickly. 1 day fine, next day a little weird, and 10 minutes later its COMPLETE SHIT.

I'm 99% sure I have a Clutchmaster Stage 2 Clutch and 99.9% of the time, this car is my daily driver: I drive it to school and to work, shift before 3000 rpm ( usually 2200-2500). When I shifted, there was no jerking, and I didn't really slip the clutch much since my shifts are usually less then 1 sec.

Can it be anything else? Please help.

EDIT: If the clutch becomes really hot from a spirited run can it start to slip more till it cools?

[nrg]

boost leak?

you can try adjusting the clutch pivot, put the engaugement lower close to the floor.

[KarateBoy]

I forgot to mention 2 things.

I still have a stock KA

and

This is only at a a bigger throttle

After my friend drove it he said it felt weird. It even started slipping in 3rd WTF it went from slipping 500 in 5th to 1000 in 5th to 2000 in 3rd in 10-15 minutes. its like something took a chisel to my clutch.

I stay at his house for like 30 minutes and when I come out I was really concentrating on listening to the car it seemed better..only slipping like 2-400 in 5th and all the other gears seemed much much better.

Maybe the clutch cooled? Although I didn't exactly drive it hard beforehand.

[nrg]

ok, tps adjustments then.

[KarateBoy]

Can you explain to me why I would need a TPS adjustment and do you happen to have a link how to do a TPS adjustment?

[Irukandji]

Can you explain to me why I would need a TPS adjustment and do you happen to have a link how to do a TPS adjustment?


dont expect to be spoon fed all your answers.. try searching and researching.

it doesnt sound like a worn clutch because it would usually go then start slipping and not visa versa. for ex. it will grip at 1000rpm and as you accelerate hard it will slip around 4000-6000 depending on the car of course.

[KarateBoy]

dont expect to be spoon fed all your answers.. try searching and researching.

it doesnt sound like a worn clutch because it would usually go then start slipping and not visa versa. for ex. it will grip at 1000rpm and as you accelerate hard it will slip around 4000-6000 depending on the car of course.


Alright, well that's atleast 1 worry down. If it isn't the clutch.

[redsuns3838]

u shift at 2200???

[KarateBoy]

u shift at 2200???

Well not that exact but I cruise at 30-31mph in 4th (which I think is like a shift from 3rd from 2300 rpm) and I shift to 5th at 40-43mph.


It's not the clutch. Later that day it was fine.

Maybe air in the line.

[sepulchral]

I KNOW I am reviving a dead thread, but I'd rather not start a new one, I am having the same problem with my new motor it will pull good up until say 3k rpms and feel as if its slipping the clutch in every gear, and i dont smell any clutch burning or anything..

The throttle body on the blacktop motor i got had a bunch of white crap in it basically gluing it shut, i cleaned it out some (jus the body) so now the butterfly opens closes, could the TPS be bad or be clogged? I'm at school so i can't take a look at it, has anyone ever had this issue?

Also I do know this is in Chat and should be in Tech Talk so if a moderator feels it necessary then move it to tech talk

also its not the pedal adjustment.