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Old 05-07-2010 | 08:44 AM
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Question Couple of issues

I have an 04 Z with 38k miles (low I didn't used to drive it much). Only engine mod is an injen intake that has been on the car since about 3k miles. Regular oil changes, etc. Have been driving it daily so it has not been sitting recently. Drive belt is getting old after 6 years and needs replacing but I don't think its causing any of the problems. So thats my background, now for the issues.

1) Clutch - I've looked on here alot at all of the clutch issues, the most prevelant being the squeeking clutch that affects lord knows how many people. I've seen the DIY where you can lubricate the joint and I plan on doing it. There hasn't been any issues outside of annoyance that I know of. My issue is not this but my clutch has recently started clicking. Not the distinct pop that some people are getting but a noticable *click* *click* *click* which you can also feel in your foot on the way down. I was wondering if anyone had any idea what this could be, there hasn't been any noticable slipping or anything so I'm not sure if the clutch is going yet, seems low miles though.

2) Loss of Power - I've also seen threads on this although the threads seem to have a common factor of the car having sat for a few months and generally is attributed to old fuel. My car has been daily driven. On the way to work today I got to a stop light and the car stalled, dash lights all turned on and revs dropped to 0. Started the car back up fine and started driving, got into first and power dropped out, foot on gas and no acceleration, no revs. Pushed in clutch and shifted into 2nd and started fine started accelerating again and same thing happened. No acceleration, no power, no revs. Pushed in clutch and back into 2nd since I was only going ~20mph at the time and started to pull over to the side of the road but car came back after releasing clutch. Continued to work (only about 2 miles away) and parked. Was wondering if anyone had any ideas what this could be?

I have no idea what the deal with the first problem with the clutch. For the time being there doesn't seem to be any major issues with it other than annoying sounds. The loss of power is more troubling. I'm hoping/praying that there is somehow water that got into the fuel and filling up withs ome new gas could fix the problem but short of there literally being water in the gas from the pump 2 days ago I'm not sure how that would have happened. the other guess from a family member was a clogged fuel filter, which I couldn't really see happening with only 38k miles but if thats an issue I'll change it. Any suggestions?
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