Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

When my car is very hot, both on track and on cool down laps it is hard to get the car OUT OF gear with the clutch completely in.

If I even give a tiny bit of throttle it slips right out. Going INTO gear is smooth.

I also hear some cracks on 2-3 and 3-4 rushed shifts at red line that I have not heard before.

When the car is cool on relaxed street driving all is smooth and quiet once the car is heated up. When car is cold you have the typical notchiness of getting it into gear, but that goes away completely when the gear box warms up.

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

When was the last time you changed the trans fluid?

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

I change it about every 10 track days, it will be changed again next week, so about 10 days.

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

Paging Matt Monson... Matt Monson... please pick up the white courtesy phone... Matt Monson white courtesy phone please

:-)

(I sent him an email asking him to check out the forum)

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

yea that was odd peter. i wonder if you need to change the trans fluid a little sooner than after the 10th track day

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

Sounds more like a clutch problem to me? Especially as a blip eases it out of gear.

If you haven't already, get your clutch system bled. Just like brakes and in fact it draws off of the brake fluid reservoir. My clutch slave cylinder (the piston I accidentally popped out of the cylinder when the engine was out :() was full of nasty black gunk at only 10k miles. Nobody ever thinks to bleed the clutch but it needs it perhaps more than the brakes!

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

how often would you bleed the clutch

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

I have the exact same problem......wierd

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

This must be a local FL phenomenon.... ;)

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Must be... I never had that problem in my old 3

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

I am bringing my car in for new fuids next week and I will ask for clutch system bled, just to see if it helps.

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

just get the 4.0 that us an upgraded clutch. problem solved!!

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

In all seriuousness, do you think this may be related to Sebring and its bumpiness?

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

No, I only noticed it last week during mancation.
I always shift very slow and am smooth on the clutch, etc.

Re: Car is hard to take out of gear when hot.
 

Talking to Autoquest they have seen a high amount of clutch replacements on .2 RS

Wonder if that is why 4.0 RS has stronger clutch