Hi all,
I've been driving my 997 Carrera S for about 32 months now, over 20k miles. Lately, it has been giving me the impression that the clutch is less 'grabby' and seems to actuate 'later' or 'higher' in the pedal travel. It's almost as if the clutch hardly grabs enough to pull the car forward, and it happens shortly before the travel ends, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the case 2.5y ago, where I remember it grabbing around the middle of the pedal and quite fiercely, providing more confidence for nippy starts when necessary. And by nippy starts I mean leaving junctions, etc, not hard launches at high revs in a straight line. There's always been some mild thumps when engaging gears, although those are occasional and could be down to technique.
What I know:
- A new clutch has been fitted around 30k miles ago - which I understand does not necessarily mean much;
- This car has a compensation mechanism for clutch plate wear so in principle this change of behaviour is not a consequence of wear;
- The clutch is not slipping. It never has slipped by accident and it didn't slip when I tried hard accelerations in 3rd and 4th gear;
(whilst writing this post I realised I haven't checked the brake fluid level, but the brakes have been working fine so I doubt there will be issues there. Nonetheless I'll check today);
What I would like to know:
- Is this 'behaviour' familiar to anyone here? If yes, have you confirmed it to be a fault and in which component?
I am at the point where I can't reliably show a mechanic that there's definitely a fault, but I drive the car often so even if I try to forget about this issue, there will be times when the car will appear to be hesitant to go... again reminding me that there may be something wrong. I'm trying to collect more information to work out what this could be before taking it to the garage.
Thanks all in advance;
Cheers,
Pedro.
I've been driving my 997 Carrera S for about 32 months now, over 20k miles. Lately, it has been giving me the impression that the clutch is less 'grabby' and seems to actuate 'later' or 'higher' in the pedal travel. It's almost as if the clutch hardly grabs enough to pull the car forward, and it happens shortly before the travel ends, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the case 2.5y ago, where I remember it grabbing around the middle of the pedal and quite fiercely, providing more confidence for nippy starts when necessary. And by nippy starts I mean leaving junctions, etc, not hard launches at high revs in a straight line. There's always been some mild thumps when engaging gears, although those are occasional and could be down to technique.
What I know:
- A new clutch has been fitted around 30k miles ago - which I understand does not necessarily mean much;
- This car has a compensation mechanism for clutch plate wear so in principle this change of behaviour is not a consequence of wear;
- The clutch is not slipping. It never has slipped by accident and it didn't slip when I tried hard accelerations in 3rd and 4th gear;
(whilst writing this post I realised I haven't checked the brake fluid level, but the brakes have been working fine so I doubt there will be issues there. Nonetheless I'll check today);
What I would like to know:
- Is this 'behaviour' familiar to anyone here? If yes, have you confirmed it to be a fault and in which component?
I am at the point where I can't reliably show a mechanic that there's definitely a fault, but I drive the car often so even if I try to forget about this issue, there will be times when the car will appear to be hesitant to go... again reminding me that there may be something wrong. I'm trying to collect more information to work out what this could be before taking it to the garage.
Thanks all in advance;
Cheers,
Pedro.