wierd s#!t from 4th to 5th

[turbocab]

hey all, just got back from a trip to newcastle to see city_cabroletluke, some thing very strange was happening when shifting from fourth to fifth gear
i would accelerate through fourth change to fifth at 4500 to5000 rpm and apon carefull release of the clutch whilst applying the throttle a little,the car started to sort of engine break and shudder a bit,the first time was on a slight hill but then it did it on the flat
i did notice it was getting kinda warm the temp guage was just over half where ive never seen it before
i hope this makes sense its been a long day ::)
cheers matty

[Colza]

Not sure from that description, but id go the checks for a blowing head gasket just to be sure...

[turbocab]

omg i hope not
what sould i check?

[turbocab]

theres no oil in the coolant and no coolant in the oil
however it has used a wee bit of oil and the oil is fairly dark

[campbell]

Is this the only change that gave this shudder?  Any other noises from the box?

Checked the gearbox oil level lately?

How're the fluid levels generally?  Been in heavy rain or deep water recently?

Overheated clutch can do that too.

Campbell

[turbocab]

yes this is the only change to give the shudder and the only time its done it
no havent checked gearbox oil  :o
no heavy rain or watter recently
you may be onto something with the overheated clutch come to think of it things did smell a little like burning clutch

[AnimaLector]

worn clutch might be slipping at at those RPM's and low gearing.. might be continually slipping. who knows.. stick it in 5th.. when you are stationary and see if when you let the clutch out it stalls straight away!! if not, slipping clutch.

Andy

[city_cabriolet]

Did you change your timing when you did your vac advance?

My na cab used to slip the clutch up hill, then i adv the timing a tad and it went away ???

[turbocab]

mick the mechanic has the pleasure of my car tommorow to check the timing and gear box oil
and ile see what he recons about the clutch

[doggystyle]

funny how the temp rises tho..

[turbocab]

it was fair hot like 40 degres that day

[doggystyle]

fair hot im not surprised your temp was up

[turbocab]

mechanic checked timing said cam timing was sweet,but he said the ignition timing was a bit high considering ime running 12 psi so he retarded it a little??the car dosent seem to run any different??
he also said the clutch is fine

[James]

Just a little note on the ign timing, im guessing your mechanic had no idea what citys are ment to run stock which is about 28 deg of static advance, this is heaps for a turbo car and thats prolly why he turned it down, so currently, you are being robbed of a little power

[turbocab]

i thaught that might be the case i plan on going back to see the mechanic when i get back from vanauatu(leaving tommorow)when i picked the car up from him last time he had gone home and his missus gave me back the keys with a little note from him so i dont even know what he set it to