The engine of your car is complex, it is not always easy to read all the signals it sends us. Nevertheless, it is absolutely crucial to try to stay on alert for the slightest sign of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious problems. If you have the feeling that your clutch is slipping on your Audi S4, you’re right to have started looking into it. It’s a problem that must be taken into account as soon as possible, otherwise you could end up with an unusable vehicle. To help you in your approach our team has decided to produce this article which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right choice to avoid aggravating the problem and confirm that it is indeed the trouble you are victim of. To achieve this, we will first check out what a slipping clutch on Audi S4 is and how to examine that this is what is occurring to you, and then, what actions can be taken to resolve the problem.
What is slipping clutch on Audi S4 and how to recognize it?
A Audi S4 with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Audi S4 is the component that enables your vehicle to change gears. It is placed between your gearbox and your engine. It is the component that comes into contact with the flywheel which is located on the engine side and which will receive the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Audi S4 slips because it is made up of notches that engage in the flywheel, and with wear and friction it wears out. It is said that the clutch slips when its teeth are too overused for it to engage on the flywheel.
How to recognize clutch slipping on an Audi S4?
There are several techniques to find out that the clutch of your Audi S4 is slipping. You can execute all of these experiments without any help.
You can simply find out that your clutch slips when you accelerate and your engine revs up, but your car does not speed up, you may as well encounter a burning smell.
To verify the first statement, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first gear, accelerate moderately by releasing the clutch of your vehicle softly, if your engine motor rises in revs but the Audi S4 remains stationary it is the sign of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your vehicle should stall, if not, your clutch is probably dead.
What should I do when my clutch slips on my Audi S4?
Some advices to avoir the wear of your Audi S4 clutch
We will at this point give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Audi S4. Firstly, it is wise not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, whether or not the pressure you apply is very mild you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will sooner or later lead to a full change of the clutch kit. One more point not to be neglected, do not over-accelerate when you start, your acceleration must always be adapted to the speed of your engine motor. In the event that you are at a standstill accelerate slowly, if you are at medium speed accelerate gradually when you release the clutch pedal of your car so as not to make it slip against your engine flywheel.
Replacing your Audi S4 clutch
At last, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Audi S4 is dead, you may possibly be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution than to contact the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transmit power to the wheels. If this is the case, take note that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair requires quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros depending on the engine and the workshop.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Audi S4, do not hesitate to consult our Audi S4 category.
