myaccordcoupe <none@000.com> wrote in news:964107
_ac262be527f5b32ac1160a728c3fc132@autoboardz.com:

> Mike, thanks for the suggestion, I think you were probably right about
> the garage as we picked the car up on Saturday because they still had
> no ideas. Luckily it was only 1 1/2 miles to home and it died just as
> we rolled onto the drive.
> Will check out your other suggestions now we have access to the car
> again. Noticed as well that when running cold on the drive and the
> clutch is depressed the clutch is quite noisy, grating noise?




Your clutch release bearing is dragging on the pressure plate fingers and
is probably getting ready to bust through them.

The drag is slowing the engine down. (This used to happen from the factory
on certain old BMC models that had carbon release bearings.)

Time to get a new clutch. And really soon. If the bearing pokes through the
fingers, an awful lot of stuff can get torn up.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

myaccordcoupe <none@000.com> wrote in news:964107
_ac262be527f5b32ac1160a728c3fc132@autoboardz.com:

> Mike, thanks for the suggestion, I think you were probably right about
> the garage as we picked the car up on Saturday because they still had
> no ideas. Luckily it was only 1 1/2 miles to home and it died just as
> we rolled onto the drive.
> Will check out your other suggestions now we have access to the car
> again. Noticed as well that when running cold on the drive and the
> clutch is depressed the clutch is quite noisy, grating noise?




Your clutch release bearing is dragging on the pressure plate fingers and
is probably getting ready to bust through them.

The drag is slowing the engine down. (This used to happen from the factory
on certain old BMC models that had carbon release bearings.)

Time to get a new clutch. And really soon. If the bearing pokes through the
fingers, an awful lot of stuff can get torn up.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

myaccordcoupe <none@000.com> wrote in news:964107
_ac262be527f5b32ac1160a728c3fc132@autoboardz.com:

> Mike, thanks for the suggestion, I think you were probably right about
> the garage as we picked the car up on Saturday because they still had
> no ideas. Luckily it was only 1 1/2 miles to home and it died just as
> we rolled onto the drive.
> Will check out your other suggestions now we have access to the car
> again. Noticed as well that when running cold on the drive and the
> clutch is depressed the clutch is quite noisy, grating noise?




Your clutch release bearing is dragging on the pressure plate fingers and
is probably getting ready to bust through them.

The drag is slowing the engine down. (This used to happen from the factory
on certain old BMC models that had carbon release bearings.)

Time to get a new clutch. And really soon. If the bearing pokes through the
fingers, an awful lot of stuff can get torn up.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/