With the car in gear, if you push on the accelerator and the car won't move, or moves very slowly, that could be a bad clutch. If the car will come up to speed eventually, but the engine revs up without much acceleration, it could be the clutch.
Take a look at this page about how the clutch works;
http://www.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm
If the clutch plate is worn, there will be little or no friction and the clutch will not engage properly or at all.
If you clutch and it either goes all the way in with no pressure there is a leak in your slave cylinder or the higher you have to clutch means your clutch is sliping and has to be replaced. If your doing a lot of power shifting i would suggest you get a racing clutch instead.
On a 98 Pontiac Sunfire, the red color of wire goes on the terminal marked "B" on the starter. This terminal is located close to the battery of the vehicle.
A diagram for the vacuum hoses on a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire is located in the service manual. It outlines where each hose goes and its function.
A 2001 Pontiac Sunfire requires 1.8 quarts of DEXRON III fluid for the 5-speed manual transmission.
7 quarts
Um, somebody took it? Seriously, I'm guessing that you mean it goes to the floor with no resistance? We need a little more info here, please. FriPilot Is this car equipped with an automatic transmission? 1. Check to see if the clutch cable is broken or disconnected
4 quarts. 5 if you have the ecotec engine.
My 96 Sunfire has no red cap, it has a regular dipstick. You'll want to find a small funnel. The fluid goes where the dipstick is supposed to be. I would also go to the parts store and get a new dipstick.
how do you add transmission fluid to a 1996 vw jetta?
The A/C clutch hub is rubbing on your A/C pulley and the gap needs to be readjusted. When the A/C is off the hub free wheels with in the pulley. When the clutch energizes the hub and pulley spin together and eliminates the noise.
The Haynes manual specs 4 quarts (with a filter change) FriPilot
The wiring on the back of your 2000 Pontiac alternator consists of a wiring harness. The wiring harness goes to a few relay switch is and regulators.