[Vwdiesel] Clutch slipping?

[Bud]

That's why I'm thinking the clutch is slipping.  I'm only having
trouble going up hill.  If I let off the throttle it seems to catch up
to the cars motion and if I add just a small amount of throttle it
keeps up.

The other thing is if I press down on the throttle in the past I would
get a puff of smoke (not a smoke screen), now I don't see anything.
Which kind of makes me think the engine is not under load hence it
would be slipping.

I hate to drop the tranny but at 260k miles maybe it's the best thing.
 Maybe my rear oil seal is leaking too.

Bud

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:22 PM, mark shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Stalling  from just over idle is not the same as slipping when pulling the
> vehicle up a slope. Your clutch is definitely slipping.
> Could be  a worn thin driven plate, or overall wear on clutch, or mal
> adjusted clutch, or even a temporary problem due to ingress of an oil spill,
> which could clear itself as oil burns away...
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud" <budski at gmail.com>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:33 AM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Clutch slipping?
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>> I'm sure it is but it's really odd.  I've done the third gear test
>> where I rev the engine a bit, let the clutch out slowly with the
>> parking brake on and I stall the engine.  Can even stall it in reverse
>> and 5th.
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>> Seems though when I'm going up hill the engine rpm increases when I
>> give it more throttle but the car doesn't move any faster.
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>> Never dropped a tranny before, can I use just a regular floor jack?
>> Make a wooden cradle?
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>> I've got 260k on the car, don't know if the previous owner did a
>> clutch before.  I put 110k on it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bud
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