Luggingan engine is like hammering the engine parts with every explosion in a cylinder. It racks on the rod bearing/journals, makes the pistons slap the side of the cylinders hard, and if is done enough, could probably break piston rings. It also creates a hammer effect all the way through the drivetrain. There are springs in the friction disk (of the clutch) which takes up some of this hammering, but they will only take so much before they wear out as well. This causes premature wear all the way around. It's not like it will wear out tomorrow, but it will cause wear over time. If you want your car to last a while, you don't want to be doing this.
I think the major problem with what you are doing is, you aren't doing it right. It sounds like you are just trying to take off from a stop (or slow roll) without revving the engine at all. You should bring the engine up in rpm to around 1500 to 2000 rpm when starting to slip the clutch. You should get used to slipping the clutch in either situation (stopped or slow roll) no matter where you are at. To get it down, you should press on the pedals like you would a bicycle. Basically, as you press on one, you should allow the other to come up, so: gas pedal down slightly while allowing the clutch pedal to come out; and visa-versa - clutch pedal down while allowing the gas pedal to come out. Over time and experience, this becomes second nature. You will figure out (mainly by feel) where the engine needs to be at in speed in order to get the car moving. This will keep you from lugging the engine at all.
EDIT: Here is an Engineering Explained video about lugging your engine and why it's bad. He gets a lot more technical than I did above, adds to what I've said, but it definitely concurs with it (I believe).
As gasoline burns, it expands. When an engine is operating smoothly and efficiently, the space above the piston will expand at roughly the same speed as the burning gasoline inside. If that happens, the force on the piston will be relatively constant throughout the stroke.
If an engine is rotating more slowly, the much of the fuel will burn before the piston has had a chance to move down very far. This will cause the force on the piston to be much greater near the top of the stroke than nearer the bottom; if the amount of fuel-air mixture in the cylinder is small, however, as when the engine is idling, that isn't a particular problem since the peak force would still be less than when the engine is operating wide-open throttle at speed.
Two related bad things can happen, though, if the engine is operated at low speed without being throttled back. First of all, fuel will burn more quickly at higher pressures; if the engine is running at speed, pressures will be limited because the piston will be moving down as the fuel is burning. If the piston doesn't move down fast enough, however, then not only will the pressure will increase beyond intended levels, but the increased pressure will cause the fuel to burn faster, thus hastening further pressure increase. This is a qualitative effect; either the expansion will be fast enough to limit the rate of combustion, or it won't.
The second thing that can happen is that the an excessive portion of the force from the piston can be transferred into pushing on the engine bearings rather than turning the car. If a crank is at 90 degrees, all of its force will get converted into torque; at 0 or 180 degrees, none of it will get get converted into torque. At intermediate angles, varying amounts will get converted into torque. Ideally, much of the combustion should take place while the crank is significantly beyond the zero-degree mark. If the fuel ignites too quickly, however, that may not be the case. Knocking thus causes a double-whammy of excessive force from the piston, provided at a time when the crank can't use it very effectively. Indeed, because some engines ignite fuel just before the crank hits top-dead center, that peak force could in extreme cases apply torque in reverse. It's unlikely that it could actually make the engine rotate backwards, but applying torque in the wrong direction would stress many components in the engine while failing to do useful work.
I think all the major points have been made, but there's one more to consider. Your engine probably idles between 750-900 RPM, running your engine below this under-drives your alternator, water pump, and most importantly your oil pump. Frequently letting your engine run under this starves it of lubrication. Over time this will reduce your engine's life.
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Just replacing the piston rings will not solve anything. This kind of work is best done with the engine out of the vehicle . Plus do you even have the tools to do this and the room to keep all the parts you have to remove is an orderly fashion so you can find them . From your other threads I think maybe this might be out of your skill level.
You should get some ball park estimates on a professional engine rebuild with warranty .
Rebuilding a late model front wheel drive engine is WAAAAAY beyond beginner DIY work. Just removing and re-installing such an engine requires a great deal of training, experience and equipment and virtually nothing worthwhile can be accomplished with the engine in the car.
I would suggest that you closely inspect, clean and repair the crankcase vent system as needed and change the oil immediately and change it more often while continuing to drive while looking for a low mileage used engine and a shop to install it.
Can you pull your motor, take it apart and repair it by following the factory service manual? Of course, assuming you have the necessary tools and equipment. I am actually doing such a project myself, when time permits.
My rule has been and also told by other folks, to never open up a high mileage engine. Just leave it alone. There are too many issues as previously discussed that need to be dealt with. Live with the oil or drop a different engine in.
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I originally marked it up as putting a Twin Turbo on my rear wheel drive FE corvette towards the end of the series, but it meant I had to take extra caution shifting in order to not destroy my transition during the 3 lap race Le Mans full track.
At first, I wasnt either, with GT Cars and such its not a problem seemingly for most of them. But after trying to drive the Toyota LMP1 at Spa I was getting between 2 and 3 percent engine damage per lap, not overrevving the car, making sure to short shift actually.
Maybe I should be using throttle control better but I felt like I was doing this pretty well before the 2.0 update but the damage only seemed to happen after. Perhaps it is more pronounced in the update because I could destroy the car before if I just treated the triggers as simply on/off verses trying to throttle control.
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