Originally Posted by
Brother Owl
Love the info in this thread but slowly getting more concerned. Everytime I've started my car recently I've had to push the clutch HARD... new clutch isn't in the budget anytime soon
Tell me about it! OMFG it has been a stressful day. I get so worked up about my car, when i don't know what's wrong, how to fix it, or most importantly, how much it will cost. Only thing more stressful is women!
So, i left work a little early and headed to the dealer to talk and see what they are seeing. The problem is no longer intermittent. It's 100% of the time it seems. BUT, it can be started by pressing the clutch pedal harder than normal. Seems like this can be done 100% of the time. So dealer won't look at it further without blaming the JHM parts.
So i get in, press the clutch normal til it stops, doesn't start. Force the clutch just 1-2 mm past the "normal" stopping point, and it starts up like nothing is wrong.
Dealer thinks the JHM pressure plate and/or flywheel is the culprit.
I think the dealer cut a corner in their previous work and/or didn't do something right.
Either way, I'm fucked with the dealer and I took my car. Luckily no charge for today's debacle.
So here's the funny thing. Now that i know how to start it, it's not a big deal. I just have to press the clutch sorta hard. For like a millimeter. Doesn't bother me, if that's how it is, so be it. I just want to feel confident it will always start, also that it's not doing damage leaving it like this. I would also like to know why, but that's the last of my worries. Like i said, it's just different enough that i never accidentally got the car to start, but it's not hard to start the car now that i know.
I drove home 30-40 minutes, the clutch/fw still feel amazing. Pedal feel is light and spot on. Still feel absolutely nothing wrong with anything the rest of the time.
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