Clutch

mrsta · #1 10-29-2012, 11:04 PM

I have a 2000 2.5L 4 cyl engine w/ a std transmission.

I have been having issues coming from a stop from first gear. The vehicle will often stall. I hooked it up to an OBD II and did not find any trouble codes. I recently changed the spark plugs and plug wires which my friend says is the culprit. I think its the clutch starting to go. double and triple and rechecked my plug/wire connections and they are solid though I thought it interesting that my stalling did not occur until after I changed the plugs and wires over the weekend. I've had the truck about 2 weeks and have not driven it too much though the issue was not present until after the plug change. The vehicle has high miles 192k and the prior owner did not appear to take the best care of the vehicle but it looks pretty good anyway. Anyone have thoughts- I am convinced it must be the clutch but maybe I am getting blinders on.

Thanks for the help!

slc10844 · #2 10-30-2012, 05:38 AM

The clutch won't cause it to stall when taking off unless your not giving it enough gas. Does the engine hesitate when you let the clutch out?

Stinkbaitj · #3 10-30-2012, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by slc10844

The clutch won't cause it to stall when taking off unless your not giving it enough gas. Does the engine hesitate when you let the clutch out?

What?? Uhhh yeah it will cause it to stall..

If you let off the clutch too fast, what happens?

--1993 ford ranger ext cab 3.0 v6--

djfllmn · #4 10-30-2012, 05:47 AM

sounds like it could be the slave cylinder...

Stinkbaitj · #5 10-30-2012, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by djfllmn

sounds like it could be the slave cylinder...

The hell bro? Stop dissing the ford ranger and stop bragging..

Trolololol

--1993 ford ranger ext cab 3.0 v6--

djfllmn · #6 10-30-2012, 05:51 AM

oh shut up josh lol

Stinkbaitj · #7 10-30-2012, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by djfllmn

oh shut up josh lol

Hahaha

--1993 ford ranger ext cab 3.0 v6--

mrsta · #8 10-30-2012, 06:43 PM

Cool thanks for the help.

The issue seems to present itself after I have run the vehicle for a while, stop and then take a short trip. I think I have been overcompensating and giving it a lot of gas to keep it from stalling during low gears but today when I went and grabbed lunch It stalled out. I'll tinnker around a bit more and let you guys know what I find.

mrsta · #9 10-31-2012, 07:10 AM

Found another symptom last night:

On my way home- only about a 5 mile trip I stalled out about 6 times all when approaching/leaving a stop sign. On one occasion I got up to speed and at about 3rd gear heard some sort of rattle which almost sounded like maybe I have a gear loose in the transmission. When I had to bring the vehicle to a stop I down shifted and once I got to 3rd gear, depressed the clutch pedal and came to a stop- at the stop sign, clutch pedal in, foot off the gas the vehicle stalled.

Maybe its the transmission? Thoughts?

mrsta · #10 10-31-2012, 05:30 PM

yep right back up every time. Sometimes i got to feed it extra gas upon starting but it does start back up.

02RangerFX4 · #11 10-31-2012, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by djfllmn

sounds like it could be the slave cylinder...

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Doc32469 · #12 10-31-2012, 10:42 PM

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Slave cylinder? Hmm not sure what that is explain me what it is

Using DROID BIONIC. 1998 Ford Ranger 2.5

02RangerFX4 · #13 11-01-2012, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Doc32469

Slave cylinder? Hmm not sure what that is explain me what it is

Using DROID BIONIC. 1998 Ford Ranger 2.5

There are two cylinders that operate the clutch, master and slave. When you push in the clutch, it engages the master cylinder to release the clutch and the hydraulic fluid cycles to the master. When you let go of the clutch it operates the master cylinder which pushes the clutch in. If you have a bad slave cyl, then it could not completely release the clutch all the way making it hard to get into gear or preventing the truck from idling due to the clutch not being fully disengaged.

mrsta · #14 11-11-2012, 11:12 PM

So I've been trying to solve this and really isolate what the issue is- I've decided that what is happening is that the engine is starved for fuel from stop into first gear- I made an adjustment to the throttle cable/idle and drove around and guess what no staling!...at least for a while- It did stall once today but this seemed to improve the situation greatly.

Only other thing I am nervous about is a couple of funny sounds coming form the transmission.

Again today I ran the vehicle and hooked an OBD II and no fault codes.

thoughts anyone? Thanks for all the help so far FRF is great!

pooleo · #15 11-11-2012, 11:18 PM

Try this, place truck in N with key off, engine off. Start truck. Push in clutch, shift to 1st. Is it hard to shift? Does it grind? Does the truck start to roll?

Turn truck off. Put in 1st gear. Start truck. Does truck roll? Does it lunge?

While engine running, push in clutch, engage 1st gear. shift from 1st to Reverse. What happens?

Do these and report back.