OK so I went to Surrey Rolling road and had Charlie do a few power runs as I just wanted to get an idea of how consistent my engine is, the air/fuel mix and the power curve etc.
As soon as I pulled away, I noticed it was quite hard to get my car into any gear. It got a bit better after ten minutes or so of driving and now I think my slave cylinder is failing. Here are all of my symptoms:
- Although I can't see any leaks, my clutch fluid level has dropped maybe a couple of mm but this could just be normal differences when checking from day to day?
- No crunches or anything from the gearbox, it's just difficult to change gear and sometimes difficult to take out of gear also. This is at any speed and any gear.
- Occasionally when coasting in first gear, the car engages the gear, even with my foot flat down on the clutch.
- If I hold the clutch in for a few more seconds than normal, it is much easier to get into gear - the cylinder taking time to work as it is starting to fail?
Is it possible the dyno runs I did finally caused the slave cylinder to start showing these signs of wear? Could my clutch have been damaged in any way? I can't imagine a few dyno runs would stress the car any more than just VTEC'ing it down the road a few times. So far, the car is perfectly driveable but I have to be really deliberate with how I change gear, hold the clutch down longer and just try not to be too rough with it. As I said, there are no crunches or anything. Do I have an issue elsewhere? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
As soon as I pulled away, I noticed it was quite hard to get my car into any gear. It got a bit better after ten minutes or so of driving and now I think my slave cylinder is failing. Here are all of my symptoms:
- Although I can't see any leaks, my clutch fluid level has dropped maybe a couple of mm but this could just be normal differences when checking from day to day?
- No crunches or anything from the gearbox, it's just difficult to change gear and sometimes difficult to take out of gear also. This is at any speed and any gear.
- Occasionally when coasting in first gear, the car engages the gear, even with my foot flat down on the clutch.
- If I hold the clutch in for a few more seconds than normal, it is much easier to get into gear - the cylinder taking time to work as it is starting to fail?
Is it possible the dyno runs I did finally caused the slave cylinder to start showing these signs of wear? Could my clutch have been damaged in any way? I can't imagine a few dyno runs would stress the car any more than just VTEC'ing it down the road a few times. So far, the car is perfectly driveable but I have to be really deliberate with how I change gear, hold the clutch down longer and just try not to be too rough with it. As I said, there are no crunches or anything. Do I have an issue elsewhere? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
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