primitives discuss engine performance

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1205205

Oh my.

It's from last November, but hey, Skins's island is lethargic this morning, nothing going on.

no_hypocrisy (24,995 posts)    Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:59 AM

What usually happens to your engine performance if you either

A) buy gas with water in it, or

B) buy gas that has dirt and stuff in it?

I ask because after my first fill up after The Storm, when I depress the accelerator, the tachometer's RPMs go to 3 or 4 and the velocity stays the same and it takes several minutes for my car to be at the speed where my stick is. (Example: In 4th or 5th gear and the car's going 25 mph while the tach needle is at 3.)

Fumesucker (29,999 posts)    Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:07 PM

1. Could be a clogged fuel filter

no_hypocrisy (24,995 posts)    Mon Nov 12, 2012, 06:45 AM

2. I'll bet that's it!!! Will check in with you later!

Problem in Accelerating: If in spite of stepping on the gas, the speed of the vehicle is the same (no acceleration), then it is a clear sign.

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no_hypocrisy (24,995 posts)    Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:41 AM

3. Update

I so wish you were right.

Car's on a hydraulic lift now. New clutch and new transmission.

Ouch.

Gold Metal Flake (13,748 posts)    Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:14 AM

4. Slipping clutch might only need adjustment. Trans itself should not be affected by slipping clutch.

Try to get second opinion before authorizing work.

no_hypocrisy (24,995 posts)       Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:32 AM

5. 150,000 miles makes for a compelling argument to replace the clutch.

I wish it were only slipping.

Last car made it to 200,000 before I needed a new clutch.

Gold Metal Flake (13,748 posts)    Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:36 AM

6. I'm not saying the clutch should not replace. But...

You wrote: "New clutch and new transmission."

Why new trans?

no_hypocrisy (24,995 posts)    Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:41 AM

7. Partial trans. More like an essential bracket.

[txradioguy]

Teh DUmmy better have a look at the catalytic converter while the car is up on the lift.

Sounds like the problem I had with my BMW when the converter took a dump.

[JohnnyReb]

Clutch....I've worn things (trucks, cars, heavy equipment) completely out and never had to put a clutch in one.....release bearing a couple of times but never a clutch and pressure plate.

Bought a new FORD F-350 and had to put an after market release bearing in it at 50 thousand....has over 400 thousand now on that release bearing.....I'm also very easy on brakes.

You just can't teach a DUmmie anything.

[BattleHymn]

Car's on a hydraulic lift now. New clutch and new transmission.

Partial trans. More like an essential bracket.

Primitives lie, even to each other.  Remember that, primitives. 


I didn't look at the name of the primitive before I began reading the post.  I got down to this bit, and thought it was nads:

I ask because after my first fill up after The Storm, when I depress the accelerator, the tachometer's RPMs go to 3 or 4 and the velocity stays the same and it takes several minutes for my car to be at the speed where my stick is. (Example: In 4th or 5th gear and the car's going 25 mph while the tach needle is at 3.)

[ChuckJ]

Yet another post concerning a DUmmie with an infernal combustion engine????

Do these environment slaying wicked bastards have no compassion for mother earth?!?!?!

[JohnnyReb]

Yet another post concerning a DUmmie with an infernal combustion engine????

Do these environment slaying wicked bastards have no compassion for mother earth?!?!?!

Only if they can be mother f#ckers.

[17 Oaks]

Clutch....I've worn things (trucks, cars, heavy equipment) completely out and never had to put a clutch in one.....release bearing a couple of times but never a clutch and pressure plate.

Bought a new FORD F-350 and had to put an after market release bearing in it at 50 thousand....has over 400 thousand now on that release bearing.....I'm also very easy on brakes.

You just can't teach a DUmmie anything.

Don't think so, not today...LibTards do not even know about clutches let alone drive one, in my day that all drove one (VW Beetle or some low level rice burner).

If the engine is reving to 3-4k rpm when you hit the go pedal and the car takes some time to catch up, the my FIRST thought is contaminated trans fluid, second cat converter.

[Carl]

Clutch....I've worn things (trucks, cars, heavy equipment) completely out and never had to put a clutch in one.....release bearing a couple of times but never a clutch and pressure plate.

Bought a new FORD F-350 and had to put an after market release bearing in it at 50 thousand....has over 400 thousand now on that release bearing.....I'm also very easy on brakes.

You just can't teach a DUmmie anything.

I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles as well as untold hours on tractors and the only clutch I ever took out was on the pulling tractor.
You kind of expect that to happen eventually though.

[BattleHymn]

Occam's razor:

The primitive's little sticky note he put on the windshield that said 'TAKE FOOT OFF CLUTCH PEDAL WHEN NOT SHIFTING' probably fell off, and so they burned up the clutch.

[diesel driver]

I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles as well as untold hours on tractors and the only clutch I ever took out was on the pulling tractor.
You kind of expect that to happen eventually though.

The delivery van I drove was a P-30 Chevy Stepvan.  350 engine, SM465 transmission.

I had to pull the transmission to replace a throwout bearing after it had about 50-60,000 miles on a new clutch.

The clutch disc was showing 20% wear, meaning it would last another 200,000 miles.  A lot depends on the driver, and whatever (bad) habits he has with a manual transmission.

Our IH farm tractors' clutch life depended who the primary driver was.

Normal expected clutch life (per IH) was 2000-2500 hours.

The tractor I drove a lot went 3600 before it needed replacing.

The tractor Dad drove went 1700 hours.  (He liked to slip his a lot.)

Both were 90+ HP  (Farmall 826 and 806, respectively)

Speaking of pulling tractors, my brother and I had a hopped up 1066, that had it's clutch (Crowder 2 disc) take a dump on us right before a tractor pull.

We had the tractor torn apart, clutch replaced, and back together in 45 minutes!

[Bad Dog]

The good news is he/she/it is an automotive moron and the shop is giong to make lots of money.

[diesel driver]

The good news is he/she/it is an automotive moron and the shop is giong to make lots of money.

Gotta pay for that Barrycare, dontchaknow!   

[Carl]

The delivery van I drove was a P-30 Chevy Stepvan.  350 engine, SM465 transmission.

I had to pull the transmission to replace a throwout bearing after it had about 50-60,000 miles on a new clutch.

The clutch disc was showing 20% wear, meaning it would last another 200,000 miles.  A lot depends on the driver, and whatever (bad) habits he has with a manual transmission.

Our IH farm tractors' clutch life depended who the primary driver was.

Normal expected clutch life (per IH) was 2000-2500 hours.

The tractor I drove a lot went 3600 before it needed replacing.

The tractor Dad drove went 1700 hours.  (He liked to slip his a lot.)

Both were 90+ HP  (Farmall 826 and 806, respectively)

Speaking of pulling tractors, my brother and I had a hopped up 1066, that had it's clutch (Crowder 2 disc) take a dump on us right before a tractor pull.

We had the tractor torn apart, clutch replaced, and back together in 45 minutes!

Any time I have worked on a pulling tractor I tell whoever owns it that we need to put zippers on instead of bolts because it was only a matter of time before we would be back. 

[JohnnyReb]

The delivery van I drove was a P-30 Chevy Stepvan.  350 engine, SM465 transmission.

I had to pull the transmission to replace a throwout bearing after it had about 50-60,000 miles on a new clutch.

The clutch disc was showing 20% wear, meaning it would last another 200,000 miles.  A lot depends on the driver, and whatever (bad) habits he has with a manual transmission.

Our IH farm tractors' clutch life depended who the primary driver was.

Normal expected clutch life (per IH) was 2000-2500 hours.The tractor I drove a lot went 3600 before it needed replacing.

The tractor Dad drove went 1700 hours.  (He liked to slip his a lot.)

Both were 90+ HP  (Farmall 826 and 806, respectively)

Speaking of pulling tractors, my brother and I had a hopped up 1066, that had it's clutch (Crowder 2 disc) take a dump on us right before a tractor pull.

We had the tractor torn apart, clutch replaced, and back together in 45 minutes!

When I was 13 daddy let an old farm friend of his use me all summer. The old farmer had a right nice 4 row IH 340 with a TA and a weak slipping clutch. The farmers cotton was eat up with wire grass and he wanted to plow with it as long as he could before replacing the clutch. I plowed Cotton from sunup to sundown 5 1/2 days a week all summer. I used the clutch to start off and the TA when in a hard pull.

I nursed that thing until it was time to lay the cotton bye....the tractor clutch had just enough left to get it to town for repairs if I was careful. He wanted me to plow a couple of acres just one more time. I tried to explain that it wouldn't make it....and it didn't. He went somewhere to see if he could hire a wrecker to tow it to town. Me and a little colored boy that like to sit on the tractors, dropped the hydraulic pump and the little held the clutch pedal down, I stuffed wooden ice cream spoons between the clutch and flywheel. I jacked the plows up and put a board under them for them to slide on. I told the little boy to tell the farmer I was going to town with the tractor and for him to come get me. I put it in third gear, pulled the TA in and started it up on the go. When I got on a hill in the highway, I kicked it out of third and when I thought it was rolling fast enough, I shifted into high and to town I went. I rolled it right up into the shop at the IH tractor place, pushed in the clutch and shut her down. They told me to back it out, they weren't quite ready for it right yet. When I told them I couldn't and why I couldn't, they didn't believe me until one of their mechanics tried to move it. They had a good laugh and used another tractor to pull it out....they were all laughing about the ice cream spoons for a clutch.