In a message dated 97-06-10 05:58:21 EDT, wanderer(at)sure.net (Sergio Dimarmo)
writes:
>> Can anyone tell me why this happens?
>> My Series 3, (original engine, twin Zeniths) sits idling happily in
>neutral.
>> I depress the clutch pedal and the engine revs drop by a couple of hundred
>> RPMs. Not a loaded, groaning drop as if something is binding, but a fall
>> over a second or so. It is enough to cause a *graunch* into first if I
dont
>> wait for the revs to fall.
>>
How long since a rebuild on the engine? Friction from the throwout bearing
should only cause a very small drop in RPM's. If mine dropped "a couple of
hundred" RPM's at idle (say from 900 to 700), I'd suspect worn thrust
washers.
Dick Sanders
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