3sge sputtering randomly. Thinking clutch, but doesnt make sense. Options

[czwalga]

So... I was on my 4th stage of my rally this weekend. Extremly long 22 mile stage.

Torwards the last 1/3 of the stage the engine started sputtering, just hestitate almost like it wasn't getting fuel then kick in a few seconds later.


I thought it was the clutch. Why I thought this was because at one point the pedal was stuck to the floor on the last 1/3, I had to pull the pedal off the floor. I finished the rest of the stage in 3rd gear. I came to time and I couldnt even put it into first gear for a few min.

15 min later the clutch seemed to come back and acted like normal. Went to the next stage and ran most of the stage in 3rd gear; only 'slipped' a few times.

During service I took the starter off poured a bottle of coke on the clutch (it carmelizes and makes a bad clutch stick). I did this went out and beat the crap out of it for about 7 miles up a mountain and didn't cut out once. (Today it was cutting out just costing down the mountain).


Now a slipping clutch would make the RPMS skyrocket without accelerating (duh). Obviously this isn't happening, but all the other symptoms tell me clutch. The only other thing I can think of is that there's two issues unrelated issues. But the only time it hasnt cut out was immediately after pouring the coke on the clutch.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Aug 14, 2011 - 6:13 PM