Manual transmission Clutch Question...

[P-hack]

Originally Posted by sarguy01

...Yep, but when ecomodding we look for teardrops everywhere to improve our overall mpg over time. Teardrops add up...

No, we are not all that inpragmatic. Collecting teardrops is too energy intensive.

[some_other_dave]

I have had the clutch in my first car slip under some circumstances. Those being that the clutch was completely worn out, and may have had oil on it. And I was going uphill and tried to accelerate. There was a little slippage at first, then more and more. So it can happen, but it is a sign that something is quite wrong with your clutch.

Any slippage will generate heat through friction. The heat will generally make the coefficient of friction drop--which will lead to more slippage. It's a positive-feedback loop, one you really do want to avoid.

-soD

[Frank Lee]

And the point of all this is.... ?