possible clutch gone bad?

[beanders]

If you are rev'n above 3k consistently while shifting you are being hard on the clutch. It isn't a sports car. It can handle it without issue, but doing it repeatedly will cause the smell. I have done it.

On another note, these are Variable-Valve-Timing (VVT) engines, so the gain to rev high isn't like it was before VVT. My old Tercel use to get faster if I rev'd up to redline, but the Yaris isn't quite the same. I do on occasion go to redline, but that is simply because I need both hands on the wheel for the moment during speed runs.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by beanders

If you are rev'n above 3k consistently while shifting you are being hard on the clutch. It isn't a sports car. It can handle it without issue, but doing it repeatedly will cause the smell. I have done it.

I think you might have misunderstood what I was saying. My normal shift point is around 2k to 2500. What has been happening is that I would attempt to shift normally, and drive normally thereafter **not high revvs**, but the engine would rev higher than normal with the car barely moving. Almost as if the clutch is engaged without me touching the pedal.

I guess another way to put it is that the car lost its "pep".

Originally Posted by bronsin

Your clutch is bad if the engine and transmission vibrate a lot when letting the clutch up. Almost no matter how smooth you try to be, there will be vibration.

Another bad clutch symptom is motoring along in gear and when you punch the gas pedal, the engine revs up but the car doesnt go any faster.

That burnt smell is another sign your clutch isnt what is should be.

Good luck and tell us what happens!

THAT!!!!! That's basically what is happening with normal shifting. Only instead of me "punching" the gas pedal, I am attempting a smooth accelleration but barely moving forward. This has not been a problem until this week.


As far as any vibrations, I have not experienced that.

[beanders]

Ah. I was confused and misunderstood.

I will say out off all manual transmissions I have owned. The clutch in the Yaris gives me the most grief. I feel I have to rev the engine more than needed to ensure it won't die. That combine with the friction point being tiny with not a lot of feedback.