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Old 02-19-09, 12:58 AM   #17
{1.SS}Eberhardt
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Originally Posted by Chad
Most of today's cars are pretty good when it comes to clutch strength. My car was almost 12 years old when I sold it and the clutch was still as good as day 1. The car I own now I haven't noticed anything except when starting it, I have to press it all the way to the floor, which could just be a manufactor thing.
Being a mechanic, i couldn't help but notice this. You said you had to press the clutch pedal all the way to the floor. This shouldnt happen. You might have a loose or frayed clutch cable (if its cable operated which i doubt) or a hydraulic leak (if its hydraulic which is much more probable since its power assisted, theyve been implementing power assist clutch pedals for a long time now) or it has a vacuum leak (if its vacuum assisted) which would be pretty bad because thats most likely pulling vacuum from your engine which means you could have an engine vacuum leak which opens up a whole new box of candy.

Since I don't know what kind of car it is i cannot be certain, but at least i hope i helped a little bit. If not I had some fun typing this anyway
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