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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11824358</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Had a similar issue with a Focus. Turned out to be a snapped/wornout bit of cable from the loom to the primary coil. Must have been a fairly common issue as you could buy ready made repair k...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Had a similar issue with a Focus. Turned out to be a snapped/wornout bit of cable from the loom to the primary coil. Must have been a fairly common issue as you could buy ready made repair kits off of ebay. Relatively simple splice and dice job.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11824125</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The clutch on my car has been slipping for a while now, but only tends to do it in 2nd and 3rd when I get to about 3k revs and then it sorts itself out around 3.5k revs.

It doesn&#039;t do it in...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The clutch on my car has been slipping for a while now, but only tends to do it in 2nd and 3rd when I get to about 3k revs and then it sorts itself out around 3.5k revs.

It doesn't do it in higher gears.

Mind you, I have not been on a motorway for a good while, so I don't know what it is like at 3k res in 6th gear.

I will give it the hill and 6th gear test as noted above though.

My car has done almost 130k miles now, so I do expect that the clutch will need replacing soon.

When it first started going I thought that I was doing a similar thing to @stumpy01 with a lazy left foot/leg resting on the pedal slightly.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11824053</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ok, cancelled the clutch replacement. Service is due in a month or two so will get that done early and get them to have a look for any codes for me.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, cancelled the clutch replacement. Service is due in a month or two so will get that done early and get them to have a look for any codes for me.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823864</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yep revs dropping isn&#039;t a clutch issue. Revs rising and the car not accelerating could be a clutch. But you normally get it in a higher gear at low speed when there&#039;s more torque going throu...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yep revs dropping isn't a clutch issue. Revs rising and the car not accelerating could be a clutch. But you normally get it in a higher gear at low speed when there's more torque going through the clutch and greater resistance from the car, if that makes sense. Had this in my diesel accord in 6th gear.

50k does seem early for clutch friction material to wear, assuming that it's not been driven by someone who constantly slips the clutch. TBH I'd be surprised if 1.8 non-turbo petrol would have enough torque to slip the clutch &#x1f600;

Do what stumpy01 says.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823760</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Doesn&#039;t sound like a clutch, and way early unless driven very badly or the rear main crank seal has leaked oil onto the clutch.

I will confess I spent a while trying to diagnose a lack of t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Doesn't sound like a clutch, and way early unless driven very badly or the rear main crank seal has leaked oil onto the clutch.

I will confess I spent a while trying to diagnose a lack of turbo boost and falling revs at cruise. I won't say how long I spent checking for leaking pipes before I noticed the floor mat scrunched up under the throttle pedal.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823722</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not particularly mechanically minded, but your symptoms sound like what i had in a VW Jetta years ago where lots of knowledgeable people thought it was the clutch until it turned out the...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm not particularly mechanically minded, but your symptoms sound like what i had in a VW Jetta years ago where lots of knowledgeable people thought it was the clutch until it turned out the fuel pump was dying.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823717</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Will dig out the odb reader in the morning then. Sounds like time to cancel the garage, at least for the moment. Not turbo charged. 1.8l petrol]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Will dig out the odb reader in the morning then. Sounds like time to cancel the garage, at least for the moment. Not turbo charged. 1.8l petrol]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823562</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 19:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Any codes from the OBD port? Note they dont always throw a engine management light up but could still be stored. Could be a misfire. Check spark plugs, clean MAF sensor if present, check air...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Any codes from the OBD port? Note they dont always throw a engine management light up but could still be stored. Could be a misfire. Check spark plugs, clean MAF sensor if present, check air intake hose connections and check for vacuum leaks. Clutch very unlikely at that mileage and youd notice it more doing hill starts not accelerating in third gear.

Is it turbocharged?]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823464</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hmm. Thought this would be simple. Its a petrol toyota avensis. No DMF.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hmm. Thought this would be simple. Its a petrol toyota avensis. No DMF.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: New (car) clutch?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/new-car-clutch/#post-11823406</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago noticed that the revs started falling slightly at around 3000rpm (where the power starts) in 3rd gear up while accelerating. 

Not a clutch symptom 



Next couple of d...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>A couple of weeks ago noticed that the revs started falling slightly at around 3000rpm (where the power starts) in 3rd gear up while accelerating. </blockquote>

Not a clutch symptom 



<blockquote>Next couple of drives I was able to get revs to rise in 2nd gear also without an accompanying rise in speed</blockquote>

Potentially a clutch symptom but not normal to see it only in second. 

Suggest you have multiple issues and probably want to get it diagnosed by a professional. Clutches although do fail rarely do so catastrophically. (Yes it does happen but more often tends to be gradual decline) 

What is the car.]]></content:encoded>
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