I think it's my clutch..

[stratplayer24]

I have a 93 GSX AWD 5speed. i got the car as my beater for the winter. (it has a huge dent in the passenger quater panel) i was out messing around today iwth one of my buddies that has a caddy. and he said he could beat me in a race so i raced the kid and smoked him..but at the same time i was smoking. i noticed that there was a grey colored smoke coming through the vents in my cabin. and he said there was smoke trailing behind my car. now i noticed before i raced him that i did get a nasty smell in the cabin when i had the car up to about 4500 RPMS or higher. and i'm only 16 years old and this is my first car so i did learn how to drive a standard on this car. i did burn the clutch alittle bit. but i'm kinda mad about the clutch smoking like that. also sometimes when i go to stop and shift the car into first or reverse it will grind and i actually have to let the clutch out while in nuetral and then push the clutch in really fast then it will go in. and my transmission grinds going in to 3rd when the car is warm. can anyone tell me why my car is smoking after a hard run? is it my clutch or what??

 

[Butterfinger]

Soud's like you need to check and adjust your peddle play and bleed the clutch your not getting engouh travel out of it.

 

[GSeX02]

upgrade the clutch !

 

[stratplayer24]

i am thinking about upgrading it. but i don't know what i wanna go with. and also i'll try bleeding it and see what it does.

 

[IMOKIFUR]

I would also look into bleeding the clutch..........make sure its working properly

 

[domestic hater]

If your going to upgrade do an ACT. my first was a 2100 and it lasted almost 5 years and I run the piss out of mine.

 

[stratplayer24]

Okay when it warms up a little i'll go out and bleed it. but i don't think it's my clutch anymore..i came back from school today and my engine was smoking so i got out and looked under the hood and it was coming from the left side of my radiator. so i had auto zone pressure test it and my rad held 40 psi of pressure. but my cap didn't even hold one psi..so i got a new cap. but it still was smoking when i came home. do you think the coolant could have turned from a gas to a liquid and just followed the lines down to the bottom of my rad and just boiled and turned to steam or smoke?

 

[viperlp01]

Could be all the fluid that leaked out from a bad cap still burning off.

 

[stratplayer24]

alright, i'm hoping that's all it is...