f*%$ing clutch

[beamerman007]

got a 97 328i i go to get on it in 3rd 4th and 5th and and the rpms shoot up and I bearly gain any speed i can slowly get on the gas and get speed but i cant really get on the gas however if i let up on the gas the rpms go right back down to about 2 grand any one please help me iam freaking out here and desperate

 

[Kirby]

Yup, sounds like a bad clutch...but it appears you have already figured that out, not sure what else we can tell you?

 

[frolf]

i'm telling ya RIGHT NOW!!!!!! if you are a person who likes to drive, DO NOT replace this with an OEM set up. Pretty sure you have to buy a fly wheel because there is an issue with resurfacing the dual mass flywheel that is stock on your car. so for the SAME price you can go with an 8lb aluminum flywheel and a sport clutch, you'll have a billions times better feel than with the dual mass flywheel, and you'll be able to put the power down better on a hard launch


my two cents, my life lesson learned...

 

[beamerman007]

yeah i didnt want to hear that i thought just maybe it was somthing crazy and would be nice and easy but noooo it has to be the clutch mother f*&%er

 

[beamerman007]

did you do this frolf

 

[frolf]

i definitely did that, and i regret it big time

 

[beamerman007]

frolf where can you find that deal that you are talking about i looked all over last night and all i could find was a stage 1 clutch or the sachs or luk. your from mn that is crazy man iam also from there

 

[frolf]

yeah a sachs stage 1 and a light weight flywheel will cost just as much as an OEM clutch and a new dual mass flywheel. this project was out of my realm at the time (it happened pretty early on in my tooling life) so i cut a check to ORR Autosport, who are in Eden Praire, sort of the other end of town for you, but check them out. They are an independent shop that I used to go to and they are honest and well qualified people.

 

[Detrich]

u sure it isn't burned out ignition coils?

that will also result in no power + high RPM when u floor the gas pedal.

 

[Big Daddy]

If it is the clutch it should smell burned when it slips!

 

[beamerman007]

ok well this might help to it i just replaced the thermostat tonight cause iam getting no heat. its blowing just cold air. and now that i replaced that now the temp gauge is going all the way to the red after a couple miles. by the way the temp guage was not working at all before. what the f&^k

 

[Big Daddy]

First I would like you to watch your language, it is juvenile and annoying. It sounds like you had a stuck thermostat, in the closed position. If the car was overheating it can cause it to run poorly, no acceleration for example. Do you have any oil in the water and or visa versa? Is there a brown frothy gunk on your oil filler cap?

 

[beamerman007]

ok well my heat is fixed thermostat fixed every thing but the clutch problem that i dont no what it could be cause i really dont think its the clutch that is going out

 

[Kirby]

Why do you think it's NOT the clutch failing?

Yeah, I guess the clutches that I have replaced that acted like this (with broken pressure plate springs) really were not bad.

 

[beamerman007]

are you suggesting that it could just be the springs but if iam going to do the springs i might as well do the clutch itself also

 

[frolf]

dude, you need a clutch. there is no other option. sack it up, it's a bunch of money, but has to be done. hate to bring the bad news, but do wish you the best of luck

 

[Kirby]

Yes, and yes. It could be the clutch springs, or it could be the pressure plate. But regardless of what failed, you want to replace EVERYTHING.

 

[beamerman007]

dang i didnt mean to piss any one off wow