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Stinky new clutch !

KP964

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I should ask my indy about this and i will but wonder if anyone has experienced this , i had a new clutch fitted last week and every time i pull away the car absolutely honks of rotting turnips or what i would guess rotting turnips would smell like , it goes away after a couple of minutes but its a really offensive smell . :?:
 
I understood that smell is just the compound of the friction plate. Normal.

(Used to be asbestos.)
 
thesmithsUK said:
I understood that smell is just the compound of the friction plate. Normal.

(Used to be asbestos.)

Thanks.. any idea how long i have to put up with it ?
 
Clutch is slipping , take it back as soon as poss
 
I've had my 964 for nearly a year and I still sometimes get it!
 
I had the same thing on a boxster S and it turned out to be a faulty pressure plate. Best to get it checked.
 
edge said:
I had the same thing on a boxster S and it turned out to be a faulty pressure plate. Best to get it checked.

Thanks ... Clutch operates fine except for the rancid smell , i thought it would fade but it hasn't
 
Mine stinks when it gets some action. Holding it on a hill for a few seconds, parking manoeuvres where you might slip it slightly, etc.
It's a Sachs clutch and still wiffs after 2 years & 22k miles.
 
Mine's the same (on my 964, not my 996!)
 
Mine too even after several years. If I have to hold it on the clutch or slip it smells bad.
The smell soon clears and the clutch works fine.
 
Yep, I agree with everything that people are saying in that you can invoke the smell by slipping the clutch when pulling away on a hill etc and if that's what's happening in this case it's normal . Sorry if I have confused the issue.
 
edge said:
Yep, I agree with everything that people are saying in that you can invoke the smell by slipping the clutch when pulling away on a hill etc and if that's what's happening in this case it's normal . Sorry if I have confused the issue.

No confusion thanks for your input , i phoned my indy he said the smell is normal after fitting a new clutch and will fade , i hope he is right as its doing my head in :thumb:
 
The amount of starship miles you do in that car Keith it could well actually be rotting turnips....I've never seen a picture of you washing it :grin:
 
I once had a girlfriend with this affliction....

*edit*

Sorry, misread the title. I'm sure the new clutch is fine.
 
I had my clutch changed about 3 years ago and it still sinks if I slip the clutch. I think of it as an early warning system. :D
 

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