# Clutch Issues

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-issues/27354>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 6, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-issues/27354 "2009-03-06T13:56:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Jackson2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jackson2006](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jackson2006)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-issues/27354/1 "2009-03-06T13:56:22Z")

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a friend of mine was driving my 2004 subaru outback while going up hill from a stop. while in first, he didnt release the clutch soon enough and really revved the engine resulting in a lot of smoke in engine block and the burned clutch smell throughout car…this is a 3week old clutch (just replaced); should i be concerned that he burned it out completely and now i need to replace it again? the car seems to be handling fine now.  
  
  
  
 thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wizard)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-issues/27354/2 "2009-03-06T14:22:48Z")

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I would not worry about it at all. Just keep your friend out from behind the wheel of your car.

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**Author:** ![redtag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@redtag](https://community.cartalk.com/u/redtag)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-issues/27354/3 "2009-03-07T12:16:09Z")

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should be fine after the smell of the overheated material disappated.