My 96 240, with about 94,000 miles on it has just started having a problem. I have the manual transmission. When I'm in gear already...and I press the pedal, rather than transfering all the power to the drive train, the engine revs as though it were not in gear, then slows down as the car begins to accelerate.
It's behaving almost like an automatic. I'm certain its in gear. I thought the clutch was slipping but it does it the worst in 5th gear. At highway speeds (80+), when I'm in 5th gear, I can redline the engine simply by pressing the gas to the floor...and eventually the revs will drop and the car will speed up. I know the problem isn't the tach because I can hear and feel the engine rev.
Can anyone help me with this? Could the transmission be going? Clutch? Is it safe to drive in this condition?
It JUST recently started doing this. I don't know if its the colder air (temp is usually 80 or higher now its around 50) or if someone sabatoged it when I went to have the oil changed.
Possible Problem with KA transmission
Thanks so much guys. How much time do I have before I need to replace this? Will it do more damage if I procrastinate? Rather than replace this clutch...I'd rather do an engine swap!NISTECH wrote:clutch for sure. possibly a weak pressure plate too. either way its time for a clutch kit.
Either that or build up the engine and do a turbo, but I'll probably do the swap.