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Originally Posted by DSrugis
I let my girlfriend's sister drive my car today and she was doing fine...maybe slipping the clutch a little moret than I usually do but nothing too excesive. I have a 95 200SX with about 110,000 miles on it and what I believe to be the stock clutch. Even though it is the stock clutch, I have never had a problem with it. If I try to start out in 3rd gear it will stall and I can run it up in first and let off the gas and step on it again and the clutch still grabs. Anyways, as we were getting on the e-way today with her driving the revs started to climb without the car moving any faster. Her foot was off the clutch once i realized this...I had her just lightly get on the gas to get up to speed and nurse it back to my house. The car sat there for a couple hours and I went to take it out and the clutch passed all my tests again. What the hell happened when she was driving it? Has anyone seen this before?
My guess is as follows:
She didn't have the clutch released all the way when she got on the gas getting onto the eway and let the revs climb once she heated it up...
From her driving she warmed up the clutch too much and it started to slip and once I let it cool down it was ok again...
My clutch is toast, I just don't know how to test it correctly...
All of the above...
Again, it passes all the tests and feels just like it did before i let her drive it. I adjusted the clutch about 2 months ago but I just readjusted it to make sure that it was not partially engaged. Just as a reference...I can get the clutch to slip if I shift hard in 1st-2nd and if I try to drop the clutch in the dry but that I believe is being slightly abusive to an old clutch. I am looking at just using this car to get me through winter and I want that too happen since we are past the half way point. Thanks for your advice and thoughts.
Dave
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Hi Dave,
Well my 97 GXE with stock clutch has 72,000 miles and I purchased the car new. My wife and son drove the car until 45,000 miles. At the point I started to drive it it was what I would call weak. If you slip it at all it will slip badly and revs climb. Lift off the gas, then everything is fine. From a start you can rev up the engine give it lots of gas and drop the clutch, the tires spin, no clutch slip. Someone on the board here suggested this, I was amazed it would do this.
Since this has been this way for nearly 30,000 miles I do not believe this is wear as such. I think its maybe a weak stock pressure plate and poor linings that do not have much heat capacity, so they heat up really easily.
Well I do believe that without nursing the thing would be toast by now, how long it will last i don't know, till pressure plate hits the rivets I hope.
Hope this helps.....
Good luck....