Re: 164 Clutch slipping?

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>]

A few years ago, on non-alfas, I had a car with the clutch going out. What
you describe is almost exactly what was happeneing then. Going at a steady
rate of speed, in a gear that keeps the motor's rpms at the lower end of
the engines power curve and then floor it. If the clutch is starting the
slip the rpms should rise, you should also be able to hear, and the car
will slowly increase speed until the slippage stops or you let up on the
gas. At least this has been my experience.

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 Lowejackson@domain.elided wrote:

> Last week whilst on holiday I began to notice that if I was driving at say
> 40mph and I fully depressed the accelerator the engine revs would rise
> quickly but the car speed would take a few seconds longer.  My first thought
> is the clutch is slipping, but if I try a standing start only changing gears
> at 6000 rpm I cannot notice any slipping from the clutch.  Even when pulling
> away gently there is no slipping.  Could it be that during hard acceleration
> I am not noticing the slipping?
>
> Any ideas, as this seems very strange to me
>
> Steven
> 164 TS
> Cumbria UK
>
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