Smelly clutch in Lancaster.

[4Palta]

As some ones knows I bought a Lancaster 2001 with 104.000kms. Its manual and since I have it, when I'm parking in the hills of Queenstown (Fernhill, Goldfield Heights, wherever) my clutch smells like something burning just for few seconds. Doesn't matter if I accelerate too much or not, but every time in a hill when I have to move slow the car for parking the clutch smells very strong. The clutch was checked by the dealer when the car arrived and feels, drives ok... so I'm not sure if its because I'm not in use yet with the manual transmission or is normal the smell in this hills or there's something wrong.

Coments?? ???

[madmike]

Sounds to me like you may be slipping the clutch a little.

They smell is the clutch overheating and burning.

Maybe practice your hill starts on small inclines untill you get used to its operation..

This will save your clutch from wearin out to fast.

[Kiwiflyboy]

+1 to this. Has to be slipping

[4Palta]

Slipping because bad use? or because something is not ok?

[94 Leone]

You're probably riding the clutch a bit hard.

[4Palta]

Its weird, I feel like a bad driver now hahaha... I know I'm more in use with auto trans, but I never had problems using manuals in the hills, so I shouldn't been doing something wrong now! haha... I should practice more.

[94 Leone]

It's alright, you're probably just out of practise

[Joker]

they are steep hills in the Q town!

yea, launch it!

[4Palta]

Talking about clutch...its supposed because is manual and has dual range, my car comes with the "hill holder" no?? At least the Subaru in other countries all the AWD + MT + Dual Range comes with hill holder... this one no Its because the Lancaster is for the Japanese market?

[Joker]

something about pumping the brake will keep it stationary if you lift off the brake etc (holds the brake on while you engage the clutch) comes to mind ; google it for a better explaination

[4Palta]

Oh I'll try pumping the brakes and I'll post! Cheers!

[DRFVDR]

the hill holder if fitted needs to be adjusted correctly to work properly.

You need to have foot on brake and clutch depressed, this activates the hill holder, you can then take foot of the brake and as you let foot of clutch it will release the brakes

[4Palta]

 We are borg said:

the hill holder if fitted needs to be adjusted correctly to work properly.

You need to have foot on brake and clutch depressed, this activates the hill holder, you can then take foot of the brake and as you let foot of clutch it will release the brakes

I'll try it, hope it works coz I tried before doing that but choosing first gear, never in neutral...and what I know is all the AWD manual with dual comes with hill holder... or i'm wrong?

[94 Leone]

Were you taking off in lo or high range?

[4Palta]

In Hi... supposed works in Hi too ???

[94 Leone]

Lo ratio is better for hills. Science says holds the revs/torque at a lower/ better place for crawling it doesn't deliver too much power? But that's once it's in the g/box so shouldn't matter

[Joker]

I have seen the hill holder on a NA Forrester, mate picked up a wrecked one, has bits fitted to firewall and stuff

[pedro]

Park facing down the hills.

[4Palta]

I tried many ways the "hill holder" and doesn't work on my car .

A friend with a GTB manual told me sometimes he smell the same in his car here... so, maybe I'm not killing my clutch, but I have to practice more LOL

[94 Leone]

It may be a leaking rear seal, which is very common but not really an issue (just makes a big mess overr time).

But as you said it smells like clutch: probably unlikely.

[4Palta]

I checked the car the other day for another reason and there's no leaks, and Feron he checked and did a services to the car before selling it, like new breaks, oils and some other things.

I haven't smell again the clutch, so probably I'm using it better LOL

[94 Leone]

Good job.