xnevergiveinx

this is for the stock clutch.
what does it smell like if you burn it? 2 times in the past year and a half i got a strong odor of rotten eggs. the one time i was quickly shifting through the gears and racing down a deserted road. this was about 2 months after owning the car.
the second time i was climbing a hill at 35 mph in 4th and the revs were over 2k rpm, it was a decently long hill that i always now always use 3rd gear for. this was about a year of owning the car

a couple of times i've smelled a weird odor, much like a hair dryer smell, when i use my heat and i have to accellerate quickly.

i don't think i should worry about this, because i have 15k on the car now and the clutch seems fine, just wondering what a burnt clutch would smell like

OldYeller

It would not smell like rotten eggs--that would be some sort of exhaust problem. The hair dryer smell is probably dust in the air duct. As far as the clutch-- It is hard to explain--but you know it when you smell it. It is a burnt smell of a metalic origin. If you smelled it, you would probably be experiencing some slippage.

2redgerm6

like ^^^ said its hard to explain but you can relate it to brakes. the smell is similar and you get a kinda disconnected feeling like with brake fade. hope this is helpful. and btw it doesn't take long to screw your flywheel up if you abuse it. you will get a chatter that is related to what brakes feel like when they "warp" (which isn't really what they do its more like the metal suface gets hot spots in it and the pad or clutch sliding over it doesn't slide smooth. very brief and basic explanation and much more to it but you get the idea).so try not to do absent minded things like that if you can help it. theres much more to it i just don't feel like typing it all out. but i'm sure everyone will jump in and say stuff like i drive hard all the time and have no problems and that i'm a moron. but this is all from my actual experiences of learnig stick and then relearning it in a hilly area.

Jake_tC

Most likely tires. Did you peel your tires out?

TougeTerror

it smells like burnt metal.

TimmyT

Rotten Eggs is your cat.

Like a burnt Celerey smell is your clutch... well thats how i describe it. Funny how closely car and food stuff is related

roflitzjinno

^^ ive never burnt celerey. but if thats what it smells like, ill try it.

engifineer

I've never thought of it that way.. but yes.. burnt celery would be close

xnevergiveinx

ok good, i remember that smell from the car i learned to drive stick on...i haven't smelled it in my tC, so thats why i was wondering, good