Bad smell after bad clutch usage?
Discussion
Today my father and I were driving with my MX-5 NC and my dad decided to drive. He has been driving in a car with an automatic transmission for the past years, so driving a manual again was a bit hard... On a little hill he stepped on the gas pretty hard and let the clutch slip a lot. After that there was a bad smell in the car. The smell was gone pretty fast, but I had the feeling that it was caused by the bad clutch usage. Is that possible or should I worry something is broken now?
Jimmy No Hands said:
Don't make a habit of it, but any damage would be minimal at best. It'll be fine.
This^Try no to lose sleep over it OP - If the clutch is working just as well after the event then don't worry too much about it.
Mind you, that horrible smell of a burning clutch is enough to make anyone worry the worst.
TNurburgring said:
How do I now if the clutch slips due to damage? Can I hear it?
You'll tend to first see clutch slip at full throttle in a high gear, like motorway acceleration. What you'll notice is as the rev are climbing, the engine will suddenly start to race up a bit like you've just activated a turbo boost, but the car won't be going any faster.You're probably not going to notice much difference, and any heat related glazing of the clutch will fade out over normal use.
I wouldn't worry about it, there was clutch slip, and there was an obvious cause so there's nothing to suggest there will be any slip when using the clutch properly.
Samjeev said:
You've never experienced it before? Like even when you learnt to drive or wonder why driving instructor's cars are going for regular clutch changes?
I'm surprised no one's said the cars a total write off and needs to be replaced ASAP, obviously for something with an auto
Everyone else just read the OP properly.I'm surprised no one's said the cars a total write off and needs to be replaced ASAP, obviously for something with an auto
TNurburgring said:
Thanks for all the help! I am glad that I don't have to worry about it and I will make sure he won't do it again. 
Show your dad this burnout.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6atGhmVU8
As above, he burnt a bit of clutch, don't worry about it. I have slipped clutch to get going after I lost 1st and 2nd 
, the car stank like mad and I really really abused the poor thing 
, the next day it was slipping so badly I could not move at all, had to thumb a tow and get a new clutch plate.
Just drive normally, replace clutch plate only when it starts slipping.
, the car stank like mad and I really really abused the poor thing , the next day it was slipping so badly I could not move at all, had to thumb a tow and get a new clutch plate.Just drive normally, replace clutch plate only when it starts slipping.
P I Staker said:
Samjeev said:
You've never experienced it before? Like even when you learnt to drive or wonder why driving instructor's cars are going for regular clutch changes?
I'm surprised no one's said the cars a total write off and needs to be replaced ASAP, obviously for something with an auto
Everyone else just read the OP properly.I'm surprised no one's said the cars a total write off and needs to be replaced ASAP, obviously for something with an auto
t looking to score cheap points.Seriously it won't make lot of difference to the life of your clutch, such as you would notice, just teach your dad how to drive.
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