Originally Posted by
jay169
Recently my engine revs at the bottom of all gears except 1st (manual) without any significant increase in power to the wheels (speed), but the revs eventually normalize (drop and increase slowly with power/speed going up) if i keep pressure on the gas, or if i release pressure on the gas and increase slowly. I have no idea what it is, but it gets more frequent as time goes by. Any clues?
btw its a 98 civic HX manual trans.
Its your clutch...
It's slipping...
You need to have it replaced/replace it yourself.
Do you smell clutch burning? Kinda hard to explain the smell... Sorta like melting brakes...
Good luck!