BLIND44

me. Well I was running my audi A41.8QM with a friend of mine when i realized after the second run, my car was starting to smell kinda funny. But I just thought it was nothing and ran again for the last time. On the last run, I realized that after the RPM hit the redline, I changed gears to 2nd but it was still redlining without dropping down few thousands and redling again. Now my car still goes into gears but Im not getting any power from my car and the rpm just revs at like 4 to 5 thousands with very minimal speed. Im just trying to figure out if its the clutch i blew or is the the drive train or etc......need help for I hate seeing my car sick like this. I need to start some work on it soon. Thanks in advanced

The Red October

Just don't do it again.

BLIND44

after that last run, my car was smoking for awile but that stopped soon enough.

The Red October

I've abused my clutch once or twice to get a good start on someone... The quattro is not a drag car. But if you get the slippage just right it is amazing how it will take off. Doesn't happen to often for me though...

Were you revving and dropping the clutch? You can't do that, you have to feather the clutch and the throttle. If you glazed it, I'm not sure how long it will take it to get back to normal.

If your car has alot of miles or alot of this sort of driving on it, you could have just finished off your clutch!

Geo

this has worked on slipping clutches in the past, assuming you have plenty of clutch left.

run your car up against something like a curb so your car won't move forward. put it in 4th and slowly let the clutch out til the engine dies. do this a couple times. it will abrade the clutch and restore the surface.
this has worked in other cars for me (gti for instance) though i have not needed to try it in my audi.

BLIND44

for some times when I wanted to run it hard. Running my car isnt one of my fav things to do, only when im in the mood. My car has 65k with arp chip for about 5k or so.

BLIND44

Hey i tried it and it worked to al point but not completely. My clutch is picking up lot better now but now its rattling in 1, 2, 3, gears when I completely take off the clutch while driving. Im thinking about getting another clutch so thats no prob.....im just worried its something else besides the clutch. Thanks man

Perpetual Novice

That clutch jobs a pain, you have to drop the tranny I think. Find a good mechanic