Is the clutch slipping or not?
Put the car on the handbrake, start the engine.
Engage third gear, slowly squeeze the clutch and give gas.
With a good handbrake, the engine should stall.
If the engine continues to run, the clutch needs to be repaired.
Not «leads» whether the clutch?
If the gearbox is difficult to shift even when the engine is warm, or the shifting process is accompanied by scratching or creaking sounds, then most likely the clutch is not completely disengaged, i.e. his «leads». Transmission damage causes a similar effect quite rarely. To be completely sure, we will experiment with first or reverse gear:
Leave the engine to run at idle.
Fully depress the clutch pedal, wait about three seconds, and then try to engage first or reverse gear.
If the gear is difficult to engage or the gearbox squeaks, this means that the clutch «leads». The driven disk rotates, therefore, not quite freely.
Check clutch hydraulics and bleed.
Repeat the above experiment.
Other causes of a non-separating clutch are listed in the list of faults at the end of the chapter.
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