Q: Car idles when shifted into any gear when foot is removed from clutch
My Hondas engine still starts up and runs but the car is undrivable. So I ended up bleeding my clutch today... she'll move some what now. Just don't know what else is wrong with her. Like I have resistance in my clutch pedal now but I can put my foot on the clutch put it in first gear remove my foot from the clutch(no gas) and she just sits and idles... does the same thing in 2nd gear. She'll move if i rev her high but not very much. When I put her in reverse she'll backup but there is a strange noise that comes about when I do so. What else should I be looking at?
My car has a manual transmission.
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