i was thinking that maybe my leaking power steering cooler threw up oil into the clutch area somehow. IS this even possible? And if oil got onto the disc can it repair itself? Please dont comment if you think this is a stupid post. thank you
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SHOtimer
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Doubt it.
Doug
Doug
Not possible...
shonuffmine
wildchild
Zach or kevin,face-palm needed here
sperold
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Any oil that finds itself in the clutch and pressure plate area gets spun off by centrifugal force if it approaches the clutch from the perimeter.
An unlikely exception would be if the oil dripped down from the exact top location (lets say from a valve cover leak, or a rear main leak that get spun up the back of the flywheel, sits on the bell housing, then drips back down) and managed to sit on top of the clutch disc while the car is stopped and the motor is stopped. You would then have to have a habit of holding your clutch pedal down a long time before you got around to starting the car. Like you jump in the car, hold the clutch to the floor to get that start-thing activated, fiddle around to find your keys, then put on your seat-belt, and then take a few tries to start the car...... doesn't sound that likely.
But for that to happen, your entire bell housing area would have to be swimming in oil and you could get that info from removing your starter and taking a peek with a mirror.
The only other thing could be..... if tranny oil is being forced out the front of the tranny to the spline area where your pressure plate is splined to the input shaft. Then centrifugal force is working against you, instead of for you, and the tranny oil could migrate up onto the disc..... but that sounds like a long shot too. You would be at risk if you parked nose down, say in a below grade parking spot ramp, had a massive front tranny seal problem and your tranny was overfull (if that is even possible).
If you see yourself in any of these quirky situations, then maybe, but it would still be a longshot.
An unlikely exception would be if the oil dripped down from the exact top location (lets say from a valve cover leak, or a rear main leak that get spun up the back of the flywheel, sits on the bell housing, then drips back down) and managed to sit on top of the clutch disc while the car is stopped and the motor is stopped. You would then have to have a habit of holding your clutch pedal down a long time before you got around to starting the car. Like you jump in the car, hold the clutch to the floor to get that start-thing activated, fiddle around to find your keys, then put on your seat-belt, and then take a few tries to start the car...... doesn't sound that likely.
But for that to happen, your entire bell housing area would have to be swimming in oil and you could get that info from removing your starter and taking a peek with a mirror.
The only other thing could be..... if tranny oil is being forced out the front of the tranny to the spline area where your pressure plate is splined to the input shaft. Then centrifugal force is working against you, instead of for you, and the tranny oil could migrate up onto the disc..... but that sounds like a long shot too. You would be at risk if you parked nose down, say in a below grade parking spot ramp, had a massive front tranny seal problem and your tranny was overfull (if that is even possible).
If you see yourself in any of these quirky situations, then maybe, but it would still be a longshot.
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i didnt realize we would use the facepalm so much...but hey at least he tried...
frosho
WOLFMAN
It's very unlikely (probably impossible) that ATF could make its way to the clutch from the p/s cooler.
It CAN get there if the input shaft seal on your trans is leaking, though. My clutch went bad earlier this year. It had been working fine for a while, but then it started slipping seemingly out of nowhere. When I changed it this summer, I found that the disk was saturated with ATF. If you suspect that it's contaminated, you might wanna pull your starter and take a look inside the bellhousing to see if anything looks wet.
It CAN get there if the input shaft seal on your trans is leaking, though. My clutch went bad earlier this year. It had been working fine for a while, but then it started slipping seemingly out of nowhere. When I changed it this summer, I found that the disk was saturated with ATF. If you suspect that it's contaminated, you might wanna pull your starter and take a look inside the bellhousing to see if anything looks wet.
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