Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Was at black duck the a few weeks ago.
Cut a long story short, was giving the lux a bit of curry trying to get up a severely rutted track. wheels off the ground etc with front and rear lockers in.

All of a sudden a really bad stink came through the car. like rotting flesh.

It stopped its forward movement and revved like all hell, so i reversed down and the smell dissappeared almost immediately.

its a 99' 3L diesel. It gets serviced very regularly and has had lots of thousands spent on it.

tried the same track in worse condition yesterday and did it without a trouble.

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clutch slipping?

maybe but it isnt damaged or anything.

can the smell of a hot diff come through your breathers?

Did you shite in your pants? Sorry had to say it.......anyway sounds like clutch to me too.

yep slipping clutch smells horrible

The "revving without motion" sounds like clutch trouble. But I wouldn't describe the smell as "rotting flesh"...

Hydrogen Sulphide is also known as "rotten egg gas" - but I can't think how you'd have it in a diesel.

Start budgeting for a new clutch.

Scott

dont ya love the smell of burning clutch almost as good as brakes heheh

Burning clutch is better than brakes, better than gear oil even

sounds similar to what i had problems with, the rear main seal was shot and was dripping oil on the the clutch on steep hills and it stunk... and hamperd movement faward

Possibility that it was "marsupial traction"????? Any animal fur underneath??

haha!!!

might have been shit. hahaha!!!!!!!


it was pretty steep.

clutch hey, oh well. better i know now than it going out woop woop somewhere.

thanks.