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Just wondering if anyone can give me a rough idea of what the go is with my clutch. I got a series 1.5 gtst manual turbo. When the car is cold or hasnt been driven for a long period of time the clutch shudders when you take off from a stand still. However after driving for a bit the clutch goes back to normal operation. also it kinda just started happing, it wasnt as if it was getting progressively worse which is strange for a clutch.

Has anyone got any ideas of whats the go with it or has experienced it before and how they fixed it and how much it costed to fix

I have only owned the liner for a bout a month now so you will have to for give me for my dumbness. Are the r33's hydrualic or cable clutch

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Wes

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Hydraulic.

Do you have any oil leaks from around the back of the engine?Even minor ones.

How does the clutch feel when you give it a hard time? Normal or slipping.

Does it make any noises when the shuddering is present?

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I couldnt see any leaks but I havent got under neath it yet. After about a minute or two of drivin when its cold in the mornin, it goes back to normal. hard take offs, burnout, reversing or just normal drivin it all seems to go back to normal. When it shudders it feels as if theres small bit on the pressure plate thats slipping no noises as such. Spoke to a few mechanics today and they seem to think its a sticky spot on the pressure plate. All the mechanics said they cant be sure till they actually get it out but if it is the problem then theres no fix but a replacement. However the main mechanic I get to work on all my cars and is excellent got heaps of experience and worked on pro rally cars said that I should try cruzin down a flat bit of road at 100km/h push the clutch in then rev the car up to 4500rpm approx and dump the clutch a few times. He said some times there can bits of crap that can work there way into the clutch and in rare cases this just burns them off the pressure plate. On the bad side it could also blow the clutch. Suppose if its stuffed got nuthin to loose, but I will investigate the issue futher b4 tryin it.

3LIT3 FORS3 have u any clue as to what it could be

The Dan Grand Master

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There are a few things that can cause them to shudder like that.

1: Contamination of clutch plate, pressure plate or flywheel with oil

2: Hot spots on flywheel and pressure plate surfaces

3: Uneven flywheel or pressure plate surface

4: Faulty pressure plate

Due to the fact that it goes away once warm I would have to point towards 1 and 2 erring on the side of 2 mainly. These hotspots are caused by excessive 'riding' of the clutch and puts too much heat into the system. Same as your brakes do when they warp like that.

Really the only way you are going to know for sure is if you remove the g/box. Do you know what type of clutch it has in it?

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no idea whats so ever about what clutch it is, Is there any of tellin without rippin it out. Im still finding new things about it every day. I got it 100% stock a month ago, but theres been a small repair on the dash. It looks like a monster tacho was install but its only a guess, then I had an alarm system installed the other day and under the left kick panel, I think the installer told me thats where the ecu hides ( or sominthin) and there a heap of wires under there with after market connectors on the ends of them and theyre just danglin round in there. His guess was a piggy back ecu or a upgraded fuel managment system ( he owns a liner him self and has had it for 3 odd years) so I got the small impression he knows whats what and said its nuthin to be worried about. So bak on topic I next to nuthin about the car at this stage but if theres stuff you want me to check and can give me a rough idea of how to do it and what im lookin for I will give it a shot.

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Not much you can do for the clutch unless you want to spend money. Personally, i'd just leave it till it goes.... it will more than likely be hot spots on the flywheel.... OR perhaps the clutch was replaced (before you owned it) and the flywheel was not machined properly.

All in all, i wouldn't worry too much....

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