YACT: Problems with my car, Manual tranny revs high, yet it hardly accelerates

krunchykrome

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The car is a 1998 Ford Escort. 2nd engine, over 200K total miles on the car. Works perfectly until recently. Lately, when I put it into gear, I'll step on the gas, and the car revs high, and it does engage into gear, but it accelerates sooo slowly while reving soo loudly. Anyone have any idea what this is?
 

krunchykrome

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Is the clutch an expensive repair? Like I said, it is a 1998 Escort, 2nd engine, over 200K total miles. But prior to this, it worked perfectly, and the car itself is still in great shape. Depending on how expensive the fix is, I wonder if it would make more sense to purchase a new/used car.
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Is the clutch an expensive repair? Like I said, it is a 1998 Escort, 2nd engine, over 200K total miles. But prior to this, it worked perfectly, and the car itself is still in great shape. Depending on how expensive the fix is, I wonder if it would make more sense to purchase a new/used car.

Really depends - anywhere from 400-800 bucks is a good ballpark.
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Is the clutch an expensive repair? Like I said, it is a 1998 Escort, 2nd engine, over 200K total miles. But prior to this, it worked perfectly, and the car itself is still in great shape. Depending on how expensive the fix is, I wonder if it would make more sense to purchase a new/used car.

How much mileage on the new engine? If it were me I would fix it unless it costs some outrageous amount to have the clutch replaced.
 

krunchykrome

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Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Is the clutch an expensive repair? Like I said, it is a 1998 Escort, 2nd engine, over 200K total miles. But prior to this, it worked perfectly, and the car itself is still in great shape. Depending on how expensive the fix is, I wonder if it would make more sense to purchase a new/used car.

How much mileage on the new engine? If it were me I would fix it unless it costs some outrageous amount to have the clutch replaced.

The new engine, maybe 100K miles
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Is the clutch an expensive repair? Like I said, it is a 1998 Escort, 2nd engine, over 200K total miles. But prior to this, it worked perfectly, and the car itself is still in great shape. Depending on how expensive the fix is, I wonder if it would make more sense to purchase a new/used car.
How much mileage on the new engine? If it were me I would fix it unless it costs some outrageous amount to have the clutch replaced.
The new engine, maybe 100K miles
If you've never replaced the clutch, then you're getting amazing life out of it. For an Escort, I would guess that the clutch is in the neighborhood of $500 to replace, pretty cheap as clutches go. If the car is running perfectly and you're happy with it, remember that it is almost always cheaper to keep fixing an old car than to buy a new one.

ZV
 

randomlinh

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
If the car is running perfectly and you're happy with it, remember that it is almost always cheaper to keep fixing an old car than to buy a new one.

ZV

yeah, sucks when the repairs are more costly than the car, ie our 96 passport.. rear engine seal leaking and trans is about to fall apart (auto).



 

Nyati13

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Like everyone else said.... You just need a new clutch. It probably has the full 200K on it, unless the engine replacement specifically included a new clutch at that time.
 

notfred

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Originally posted by: Nyati13

Like everyone else said.... You just need a new clutch. It probably has the full 200K on it, unless the engine replacement specifically included a new clutch at that time.

I can't beleive anyone would replace an engine and *not* replace a clutch with 100k miles that was attached to that engine.
 

Nyati13

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Nyati13

Like everyone else said.... You just need a new clutch. It probably has the full 200K on it, unless the engine replacement specifically included a new clutch at that time.

I can't beleive anyone would replace an engine and *not* replace a clutch with 100k miles that was attached to that engine.

People do strange things all the time, usually when there is money involved.