crunchymilk
15+ Year Contributor
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- Sep 4, 2004
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San Antonio,
Texas
I did something EXTREMELY stupid tonigiht.
I was WOT in 3rd at about 90 and tried to shift into 4th. Unforunately, I slammed the car into second instead and let go of the clutch. Yeah, the car didn't like that too much. Rev Limiter and everything. It was only in gear for like half a second then I put it in 5th and slowed down to like 60. The car made an AWFUL AWFUL scraping sound as if I was bottoming out for a few seconds, then it went away, then it came back. Sounds exactly like you're scraping the front bumper.
I got off the highway and turned the car off immediately. I let it cool for about 15 minutes. I started it again and the car felt fine. The clutch stunk up for a few minutes, so I know I burned SOME of it. Now the clutch feels REALLY soft, it's like pushing in a damn pillow, but it engages at the exact same place and the clutch still feels normal. I have no clue about this
It's not leaking any fluid, nothing smells different, the car still hits boost fine, everything works fine. It shifts through all the gears, for some reason even smoother than before???
How bad did I hurt my car tonight guys?
PLEASE don't call me a dumbass for the shift, I've been driving stick forever and I just made a mistake. I have no idea how it happened, I know 3rd to 4th is straight down, i know it's probably the simplest shift to make. I have no idea why I did that, I had a brainfart or something.
Any input as to the extent of damage is appreciated. I feel like such a dumbass..... :thumbdown
I was WOT in 3rd at about 90 and tried to shift into 4th. Unforunately, I slammed the car into second instead and let go of the clutch. Yeah, the car didn't like that too much. Rev Limiter and everything. It was only in gear for like half a second then I put it in 5th and slowed down to like 60. The car made an AWFUL AWFUL scraping sound as if I was bottoming out for a few seconds, then it went away, then it came back. Sounds exactly like you're scraping the front bumper.
I got off the highway and turned the car off immediately. I let it cool for about 15 minutes. I started it again and the car felt fine. The clutch stunk up for a few minutes, so I know I burned SOME of it. Now the clutch feels REALLY soft, it's like pushing in a damn pillow, but it engages at the exact same place and the clutch still feels normal. I have no clue about this
It's not leaking any fluid, nothing smells different, the car still hits boost fine, everything works fine. It shifts through all the gears, for some reason even smoother than before???
How bad did I hurt my car tonight guys?
PLEASE don't call me a dumbass for the shift, I've been driving stick forever and I just made a mistake. I have no idea how it happened, I know 3rd to 4th is straight down, i know it's probably the simplest shift to make. I have no idea why I did that, I had a brainfart or something.
Any input as to the extent of damage is appreciated. I feel like such a dumbass..... :thumbdown