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clutch or tranny problems please help

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1badturbo

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Jun 8, 2003
tulsa, Oklahoma
ok first off before any one says do a search this has been posted before i have searched and about 8hr lotal for the last 2 weeks and found nothing regarding my problem.

with that said onto the problem.
I currently own a 95 gst with 180k on the clock and about 2 1/2 weeks ago i was merging onto the highway in 3rd, and was speeding up to hwy speeds and around 10-12psi. I noticed that the clutch was slipping so i threw it in forth, and took it to about 65-70 not going more than 5-6 psi then put it into 5th and continued my hwy cruise to work. Just befor i got off the hwy gave a little gas took it to about 10 psi and the clutch was still slipping so i babied it the rest of the way to work fast foward several hours to my lunch break i go out to start it to go to linch and nothing everything came on but when i went to turn the motor over all i got was a click and a very faint sount that sounded like an electric motor that was trying to spin something that was locked so i put it in nutral and pushed the car back and there was oil on the ground, so i called a flat bed and had it towed to my house and when i opend the garage there was oil on the floor it lookes kind of dirty but not as dark at the motor oil which i checked as well and had plenty of so i had the car in the garage and it looked like oil was leaking from tranny but since all the oil leaked out of what ever it as i couldnt find out but it seems like its comming from the tranny if i had to guess. Now if the trough out berring where to go out would that leak out oil and cause the car to not start i also have plenty of fluid in the master cylinder but while i was under the car i noticed that all the motor mounts where broke and it looked like the motor/trans was sitting on the slave cylinder but i couldnt get a good look at it ill take some pictures of it if anyone has an idea and requires a visual please help
 
Well, this is only a guess, but if your clutch started slipping, and now you are losing oil in between the engine and transmission, and now something locked up, I would chance a guess at the input shaft bearing being destroyed. Usually there's a growling noise for a few days before this happens. However, I've seen brakes get into the metal and never make noise either. Pull your drain plug on your trans and see how much oil comes out.

Like you said, take pictures and let's see what happened. Most likely trans. Actually that's pretty common.

Good Luck
 
Rear main seal could have failed and got oil onto your clutch possibly, but I'm not sure if that would cause the car to not start.
 
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