Hi I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced problems when accelarating.

 

My clutch peddle went last week, and i got it replaced & i dont know if its coincedence or not but now when i accelarate it feels like the power isnt going down properly as if the car is wheelspinning, or the clutch was still depressed?

 

Could it be that they tweaked something on the clutch when changing it or is it related to something else?

 

As always any advice would be brilliant as it usually saves alot of money when mending it :-)

 

Thanks

Sure its not slipping due to incorrect adjustment?

other than that a new clutch should make no difference to your acceleration.

Maybe you have another problem such as a boost leak? Can's see them having to remove any vacuum hoses though.

Are you sure you have a problem or does it just feel very different now you have a new clutch?

Difficult to help you with really from how you describe it. Wheel spinning or the clutch still depressed? Worlds apart really. If the engine revs are rising to rapidly, but the acceleration is not matching it then that will be clutch slip due to incorrectly adjusted pedal. Obviously you would know if you are wheel spinning.

That might be a better way to put it - when putting my foot down the revs go up but the car doesnt pull away. The wheels arent actually spinning - i phrased that badly.

 

It sounds more like the "clutch slip". Thanks

Yikes! So sounds like pedal hasn't been adjusted for the new clutch and so pressure is still been applied to the clutch and under hard acceleration is slipping due to not have full force of the pressure plate.

Use it very little until its sorted and if you have to, gentle acceleration. Shouldn't be a long job, just fiddly pratting around under the dash. I think there's a 'how to' on this Forum.

http://www.zparts.com/zptech/articles/maintenance/tl_z32clutch/Z32_clutchadj.html

Thanks, its sod law it had only had its service/mot a week or so before the pedal went...I will have a look, cheers.

Could just be air in the system though.

Good luck:)