Hello,
My drive is quite steep and slopes down, i.e. the road-end is the highest end. Sometimes I reverse onto the drive and drive off it forwards, but most of the time I drive onto the drive and reverse off it. Due to the gradient of the drive, I always park my car in first gear or reverse depending which way the car is facing. Today I had reversed onto the drive and I put the car into first gear after I had stopped.
I should have kept my mouth shut, but I found myself explaining why I had put the car into gear to my son. I took the handbrake off to demonstrate, only to find that the car rolled back slightly. There was a sploshing noise as the diesel sploshed round in the tank. Then the car jolted back a little more, accompanied by more sploshing, then the car jolted back a bit more; the car moved back down the gradient of the drive in a series of small jolts, so I quickly put the handbrake back on!
What is causing this? Does this mean that the clutch is slipping? I have recently had a new clutch fitted, so it should be in perfect condition. That said, after having the new clutch, I found that whether I drove off the drive forward or in reverse, I had a horrible burnt clutch smell the fist few times. It does seem to have stopped now, but was that just driver error, with me not adjusting to the new clutch, or was it the clutch wearing in, or something else?
Thanks, Stephen.