I’m having some strange issues with the car at the moment and thought I’d tap into the hive mind before booking into the garage.
If I’m driving along at 60-70ish in 5th or 6th gear and floor it there is a slight hesitation in the car to translate the throttle input into forward momentum and when it does begin accelerating the car feels a bit more sluggish than usual. The rev counter (during the initial flooring) jumps maybe 1-200 rpm up then straight back down before climbing relatively normally.
Is this the beginning of the end for my clutch or could it be something else?
I’ve done a couple of clutch tests
1) Car park test in high gears will stall engine which is good
2) Driving along at say 30 put it in 5th, dip clutch, give it 5-6000 rpm, release clutch, and clutch brings engine back down to 1000rpm immediately which is good.
The car seems fine in lower gears and going up hills.
GF thinks I’m crazy as she hasn’t noticed any difference in the cars behaviour in top gears whatsoever..
Any advice/comments would be most appreciated. Car is an E90 325i with 74K on the clock (bought at 47K).
Cheers