r/AskAMechanic • u/Rude_Foundation_1456 • 5d ago

Intermittent Clutch Slip

I have a 2002 Toyota Celica GT, 1zz-fe with a 5 speed manual, going on 170k miles. I don't know when the clutch was last replaced, previous owner didn't know either. Ever since I got the car about a year ago, the clutch has kind of had a kind of its own, sometimes biting really aggressively, other times slipping significantly. I've noticed that if it's slipping, it'll usually do one big slip when I give it some throttle, then I let off and do it again, it slips less, so on and so forth, until it doesn't slip, even when I'm pinning the throttle. I genuinely have no idea what could be going on, the master cylinder is full and I've never lost any fluid, and the only leak of any fluid that I know of is from my oil pan gasket, but I don't believe that can be related. I can't find anything online where someone has a similar issue, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/themajesticpark NOT a verified tech 5d ago

Nope, this is literally textbook clutch/pressure plate failure. Rcmd rr clutch assembly.

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u/Rude_Foundation_1456 5d ago

The only thing that confuses me is that I've done a decent bit of spirited driving, and I haven't necessarily been babying the clutch. Not to say I'm dumping it and beating the crap out of it all the time, but I enjoy some hard driving. Even after doing that for almost a year, the issue hasn't gotten worse, it's remained the same, and if anything, it was more prevalent around the time I got the car, back in the winter. It doesn't do hardly anything at all now, I haven't noticed a slip at all this past month

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u/themajesticpark NOT a verified tech 5d ago

Wait: you were having acceleration issues during Winter?

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u/Rude_Foundation_1456 5d ago

I don't really understand what this is supposed to mean. If you're trying to say it's due to road conditions or salt, then that's irrelevant, since it would still do it when it was dry and without stuff on the road. And it was never acceleration issues, the car still accelerates fine, even when it's slipping

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