How can you tell that the clutch is to be changed?

Back from the mechanics. He tested the car and told me that the "Clutch
is gone". I fully trust him on the diagnostic. However, what are the
signs that the clutch is gone? Very often, I pressed the gas pedal to
accelerate, and the accelaration takes place only after a few seconds.
Thanks for your advice!

<mikesmith9999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Back from the mechanics. He tested the car and told me that the "Clutch
> is gone". I fully trust him on the diagnostic. However, what are the
> signs that the clutch is gone? Very often, I pressed the gas pedal to
> accelerate, and the accelaration takes place only after a few seconds.
> Thanks for your advice!
>[/color]

The most common sign that the clutch is gone is when you apply throttle to
accelerate and the acceleration takes place after a delay or the engine RPM
increases without a corresponding increase in vehicle speed.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

<mikesmith9999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Back from the mechanics. He tested the car and told me that the "Clutch
> is gone". I fully trust him on the diagnostic. However, what are the
> signs that the clutch is gone? Very often, I pressed the gas pedal to
> accelerate, and the accelaration takes place only after a few seconds.[/color]


That's one of the signs. You need a clutch.

Thanks, dear friends. I will have it changed on Thursday! I look
forward to feeling the difference. Sometimes drivers behind me seem to
wonder why I'm not going ahead faster. For now I should put a sign on
my car saying, "My clutch is gone! Change lane!".

<mikesmith9999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Back from the mechanics. He tested the car and told me that the "Clutch
> is gone". I fully trust him on the diagnostic. However, what are the
> signs that the clutch is gone? Very often, I pressed the gas pedal to
> accelerate, and the accelaration takes place only after a few seconds.
> Thanks for your advice!
>[/color]

A simple way is to put the clutch under load, ie drive up an incline, if the
revs climb and your speed dosn't, then you need a new clutch.When i got my
celica, I thought the clucth was slipping as it had the signs, took it to 3
places and they said it wasn't, mate drove it and could tell straight away.

-Michael-