I think my clutch died

Cyanide

Cyanide

Cyanide

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I think the clutch on my Hyundai Coupe disintegrated on the M25 last night...

I was attempting to go from 60 to 70 to overtake a lorry but when I put my foot down the rev counter shot up and the speed stayed the same. I could hold it at a constant speed but every time I gave it some throttle only the revs went up. I finally decided to whack my hazards on and pull up when I could smell burning clutch. I popped the bonet and sure enough smoke was billowing from my clutch. Called to RAC and had to wait 3 hours for a tow from London to Nottingham, now I'm waiting for them again to take me to a local garage to see if they can fix it.

I only got it last Saturday, so I'm quite annoyed for obvious reasons...
 
peterattheboro said:
Isn't the clutch only used for changing gear and not accelerating? :p

Did you drop it down to 4th or something?
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Isnt the clutch there to hold the gear in place to the engine.
And when you press the clutch pedal it disengages it? :confused:
 
peterattheboro said:
Isn't the clutch only used for changing gear and not accelerating? :p

Did you drop it down to 4th or something?
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Nope, I've got a feeling it got stuck half way open and it burnt out when I tried to put my foot down.

I was cruising in 5th, put my foot down and the revs shot up from 2.5k to 6k in a couple of seconds with no increase to speed.
 
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