08 Astra 1.4 sxi. I smell clutch (a lot)

skinny90 · 13-10-2016 9:02pm #1

Hi guys,
Wondering if anyone has had similar issues.
I'm noticing a smell of the clutch. I'm well experienced but it is my first time driving the two door version so I am a bit lower. Anyways any tips on how to prevent this, I have brought the seat up closer just in case but I can't seem to avoid smelling it followed by a gulp

Skinny

colm_mcm · 13-10-2016 9:11pm

Maybe the clutch is just fecked?

shietpilot · 13-10-2016 9:13pm

Sounds like it's slipping and burning. Does it feel like the car is revving a lot yet not accelerating proportionally to the revving?

skinny90 · 13-10-2016 9:46pm

I don't think it's jacked just quite yet. I was hoping perhaps people were in the same situation. it could be slipping. I find i have to be heavy on the accelerator sometimes when taking off. I hear the revs but Only on cold mornings.

Special Circumstances · 13-10-2016 10:02pm

What mileage would you usually put up on a stinking slipping clutch before you call it quits?

skinny90 · 13-10-2016 10:41pm

Was that directed at me?im looking for ways to avoid calling it quits

Cheensbo · 13-10-2016 10:46pm

Special Circumstances wrote: »

What mileage would you usually put up on a stinking slipping clutch before you call it quits?

Friend had a dyna with a slipping clutch for about 6 or 7 years, it was cat. Least bit of acceleration and it slipped like fook, stopped stinking after a while but it never gave up the ghost, its probably still pottering around somewhere, sounding like some form of a weird auto

Special Circumstances · 14-10-2016 7:59am

skinny90 wrote: »

Was that directed at me?im looking for ways to avoid calling it quits

Avoid hills and harsh acceleration? Tip street urchins to push your steam carriage smoothly away from junctions?

skinny90 · 14-10-2016 12:38pm

Oh right.

08 Astra 1.4 sxi. I smell clutch (a lot)

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