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Car loses power but RPM's go high

Tiny
LANY
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  • 2000 INFINITI I30
  • 174,980 MILES
We can drive it around for a little while and it's fine but if we go over 40 mph the rpm's shoot to 5 and then the car barely goes. After that if we let it sit for a while we can drive it again and it acts okay. What could this be?
Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 AT 9:02 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Hello,

Is this a stick shift or automatic transmission? if it is a stick it sounds like the clutch is worn out and if so here a video that shows the clutch job being done on a different car but the operation is the same:

https://youtu.be/6N6b5F2ChyE

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-has-low-power-output

Please run down this guide and report back.
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Monday, August 5th, 2019 AT 1:28 PM

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