Clubscene

A guy took MY99 for a test drive this morning and whilst powering on went from 4th to 3rd instead of 5th at about 75MPH. I told him to "watch the gear change". Anyway after he left I sat into the car and noticed the clutch pedal felt really heavey to push down and was biting much higher than normal.I Pulled away and it started to slip "aaaaaaaahhhhhhh" as I was taking off. After about 5 mins of driving the clutch returned to its normal feel and no more slip no matter how hard I pushed it. Any ideas guys?

911

Was it still stinking (literally) hot when heavy? Maybe your normal driving dissipated the excess heat into the flywheel etc and all settled down?
I had a similar thing happen to my STiv3 while racing it(!) and all was well after it all cooled down. Think you will be ok now!
Graham.

Clubscene

Yea Graham the car was still pretty hot when I found the fault. Hope it stays ok now. Ill think twice before letting anyone else test drive it!! Thanks for your reply mate.

STUBBSIE

SAGA
bought a 99 turbo 68000miles full history from subaru dealer 3weeks ago done 700 miles in car first a noise from gearbox been in twice not fixed they all do that so he says!!!!!
went out on friday night going up hill in 4th and a sreecing sound and smoke every where stopped car checked for leeks nothing restarted ok and stuck in first gear, clutch heavy got home now car starter misses and a knocking noise from engine when i get it going (starter works) at low rpm and clutch judders on uptake
i bought scooby because of the reliability record HA HA

911

My first Scooby was a UK 99. Ran it as a company car for 56K miles in 2 years, NOT all motorways....
My box had a fault that it slipped out of 5th on motorways. Andrew Burt Subaru (Wotton Wowen) close to you, fixed it in 20 mins.
The box never made any noises at all.

My much abused STiv3 box is noise free, so I recon your clutch is knackered. Get it dragged in and fixed!
Graham.

STUBBSIE

it came from andrew burt they have been today and picked it up they rekon new clutch will let you know how i get on
they have been good so far,if after they "fix" it i still have issues he said a full refund would be done

Leeroy

I had a similar thing this morning on MY97 when cold and running late for train to work. I floored it in 4th at 50ish and it began to slip, put it in 5th and all seemed ok. I was certainly worried at work today expecting to need a new clutch, that's for sure!

On way home it felt fine (although I was driving steadily) so will see how things go.

Clubscene

My car has been perfect since.