rkneeshaw
CEG'er
For once, its the master cylender and not the slave! At least I'm sure of it, and am goign to describe whats happening to you so you can agree with me and make me feel better about ordering parts overnight.
So I've been noticing when I start the car that I can have the clutch pedal all the way slammed to the floor and its not fully disengaging the clutch. So I'll start the car and if its in 1st gear the car starts creaping forward with teh clutch pedal fully depressed. After the car warms up a bit, the clutch will seamingly fully disengage and I can drive and shift, however even the slightest lift off the clutch pedal and BAM, its engaging. So I think hmm, got to bleed the clutch and that should fix it, probably just some air in the line.
Well. No.
Pumping the clutch pedal will not produce any pressure in the line. I release the squirt valve on the slave to bleed and theres no pressure, maybe a drop of fluid comes out. The clutch pedal just flops around (well, theres a spring that helps push it back out, but I can tell, the pumping action does absolutely nothing, its like the pedal is just hanging there). So now my clutch wont do anything. There is no fluid leaking anywhere at all, so the slave cylinder (with about 50,000 miles on it) must still be ok so I'm thinking with 185,000 miles on the clutch master cylinder that it has failed.
Sound about right to everyone? I need a new clutch master cylinder?
PS the clutch in our cars, while sharing the brake fluid reservior, does NOT use the brake master cylinder, it has its own directly behind the clutch pedal mounted to the firewall.
So I've been noticing when I start the car that I can have the clutch pedal all the way slammed to the floor and its not fully disengaging the clutch. So I'll start the car and if its in 1st gear the car starts creaping forward with teh clutch pedal fully depressed. After the car warms up a bit, the clutch will seamingly fully disengage and I can drive and shift, however even the slightest lift off the clutch pedal and BAM, its engaging. So I think hmm, got to bleed the clutch and that should fix it, probably just some air in the line.
Well. No.
Pumping the clutch pedal will not produce any pressure in the line. I release the squirt valve on the slave to bleed and theres no pressure, maybe a drop of fluid comes out. The clutch pedal just flops around (well, theres a spring that helps push it back out, but I can tell, the pumping action does absolutely nothing, its like the pedal is just hanging there). So now my clutch wont do anything. There is no fluid leaking anywhere at all, so the slave cylinder (with about 50,000 miles on it) must still be ok so I'm thinking with 185,000 miles on the clutch master cylinder that it has failed.
Sound about right to everyone? I need a new clutch master cylinder?
PS the clutch in our cars, while sharing the brake fluid reservior, does NOT use the brake master cylinder, it has its own directly behind the clutch pedal mounted to the firewall.