Am i an idiot?

[Tobz]

Hi All,

I was complaining a few days ago that my clutch seemed sticky, I have since driven the car more and need to find out if im an idiot of if I have a problem.

What I have noticed is that as the RPM's increase, the time for the clutch to disengage after a gear change increases. That is, I rev to 5000RPM, push the clutch in, change gears, release the clutch pedal I notice a slight delay between releasing the clutch pedal and the gear engaging...(like a few milliseconds)

At 7000RPM this is made worse as its a few more milliseconds (1/4 of a second?) so the car is a little jerky during the gear change as I have released the pedal, but the clutch hasnt disengaged as yet (as my foot is reapplying the gas trying to accelerate the next gear when it hasnt fully engaged).

Am i just use to my old car or do I have an issue? If it is an issue, im presuming the first thing to do is to change the clutch fluid?

The car does have a new clutch etc, is it apart of the bedding in process?

I never really reved the car much before the service as I wanted it to be serviced before I had to much fun with it, so I have nothing to compare to. Also i have never owned a car with a hydraulic clutch system before.

Thanks for the help

Toby

[tonycarreon]

so... you keep your foot on the accelerator (pressing it down) while you depress the clutch and change gears?

[Tobz]

No, sorry i might have not been very clear, im use to applying power again as/after i let the clutch out... no flat changing for me

[GTA_G20]

sounds to me like you are riding the clutch instead of blipping the trottle and rev matching and you've worn out your clutch

[Topless]

Could be a lot of things from your description. Worn out flywheel? Bad Clutch master/slave cyl, Contaminated fluid, clutch installed improperly, wrong clutch components. Process of elimination is warranted. Start with the last thing you worked on.

[BYprodriver]

Bleed the clutch fluid 1st