Dirty Clutch

[bbressler]

For quite a while, I have had a oil and guel leak. I finally got both of them taken care of, and I'm not leaking any more fluids.

My problem is that while the fuel was leaking, it leaked down onto the flywheel/clutch and when I accelerate slightly more than normal, it begins to slip. I know it's from the oily residue on the flywheel because when we had the tranny out to fix the oil leak, the clutch disc looked ok..

Is there any way to clean this off? (Without pulling tranny...) Or will the centrifugal force eventually pull that away from the flywheel?

 

[DaveBen]

I have burned it off in the past with a gas motor I had. Rev it up and dump the clutch hard in third gear. I will not guaranty this proceedure.

Dave

 

[bbressler]

Seems to work pretty good. As I accelerated on the way to work, each shift between 2 & 3 I did that. I've got 7 or 8 shots at that, now it seems to be grabbing MUCH better (maybe not 100% yet, I think I'll do it a few more times).

Thanks for the tip.