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ncgalant
Hey, after a good hard pull I'm getting this burnt rubber smell. It could be my tires or leaking oil on the exhaust, but I'm not sure. So does it smell like tires burning?
Justincredible
worse.
lawngsx
QUOTE
what does burning clutch smell like?


shit

a lot worse than burning tires
ncgalant
I haven't noticed any slipping, but on my last car when all it did was slip I never noticed any smell. Maybe it was past that point. Should you drive 20000 miles on a burnt clutch biggrin.gif
resalturbo
i drove my talon and never knew my clutch was going, and i guess it was pretty far gone, my disc was down to the rivets and rubbing
but i never smelled anything or felt ANY slippage
natedogg
When my clutch was slipping it smelt like overworked brakes. Kinda like you smell from a semi going down a steep grade. It was also pretty easy to see because the rpm's went up but the car didn't go any faster.
ncgalant
alrighty, just to make sure I'll do a good 4th gear pull and log RPM/speed. I think I'm ok for the clutch though.
iowa_boost
go have one a friend or whoever burn their tires up.. smell that.. if your car was worse than that, it was your clutch biggrin.gif a burning clutch seriously smells flat out bad >.<
SCCA Stang
QUOTE (natedogg @ May 18 2004, 02:48 PM)
When my clutch was slipping it smelt like overworked brakes. Kinda like you smell from a semi going down a steep grade. It was also pretty easy to see because the rpm's went up but the car didn't go any faster.

nate's right it smells like over worked brakes but worse. and if you ever do smell burning clutch, you'll never forget it.
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