Q: Slipping clutch
Is there anything else that would cause my rpms to increase without the speed increasing? The revs will go up and then drop back down (feels like it catches again). Is the only thing that could do this clutch and flywheel related or is there an other explaination?
My car has 114000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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