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pferry11

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  1. Hi guys, I am looking for a bit of advice regarding my clutch on a MKIII 1.8 Zetec. I picked up the car brand new around a year ago (Nov 09) and thus far have done around 6k. I did find the clutch to sit quite high when I first got the car, and did stall it a good few times, this only lasted about a week, until I got used to it. The problem I am having now is that when pulling away from a junction on an incline, I sometimes get a whiff of a burning clutch. The problem I have is that if I use less revs the car will stall, and if I release the clutch quicker the car either jolts forward or stalls, when I find a happy medium I tend to get the burning smell. (Not every time but 3 to 4 times a week). To make matter worse, I was stuck in tea time traffic the other day on the M8 in Glasgow, for just over two hours (bad weather and multiple incidents making the normal tea time driving worse). In this time I only travel around 12/15 miles, and because of all the slow movement and starting and stopping, I believe I really burnt the clutch, the smell was horrendous, and nearly a week on, it hasn
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