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Hey everyone, I hope that you are well. I have had my HX for a couple of years now, 189,000 miles, and I love her, but recently, if I accelerate hard, the engine revs and I accelerate slower than I want. The car still drives fine, I just cannot accelerate as quickly as I want sometimes, but I cannot imagine this getting any better.
Do you have any idea what I should start checking?
Thank you very much! Please enjoy your day!
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My clutch went out when attempting to drive uphill. I had my car towed to a shop, but unfortunately, I did not know of a good one in that area. I do not have a customary shop, I keep having bad experiences, so I have fixed as much as possible myself. My insurance company towed it to one chain shop, I had another location replace the timing belt on a different car, and then needed to have them fix it two weeks later. Apparently, the timing belt tensioner failed, but they wanted me to pay for a valve lash and some other expensive things that I did not need.
Two months and two thousand miles after having the clutch replaced, I cannot shift with the car on until I have driven about half a mile, but it is getting worse daily. Here in Arizona, it is usually at least 70°F when I go to drive, but that lowers daily.
I would like to have the shop fix it, if this is related to their recent repair. I just want to skip them attempting to convince me to pay for services that I do not need, and I cannot find anything relevant.
Thank you very much for any input you may have!
The clutch is operated by a master and slave cylinder much like the brakes on a car. It is possible it just needs air bled from the system or the master and/or slave cylinder may need replacing. If they disconnected the lines when replacing the clutch they should cover bleeding the system as they may not have properly bled air after the clutch replacement..
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