First off I would like to say hello, my name is Randy and I have been "lurking" here since I bought my 98 CSVT march '05. Very useful site for the misc problems or questions I have had. So for my first post I hate to ask for help but I couldn't find the exact problem. So.... last Saturday I was driving the car and to make a long story short, my master cylinder went out. Fortunately I happened to be close to a transmission shop. Just a "ma and pa" place in San Diego. Very cheap work done by some nice Mexicans that I trust with no problems. So the mechanic recommended I change the clutch (102100 mi) with the cylinder. Total work, $540, with out the clutch just the cylinder replacement is $320. I opted to go the cheaper route (broke broke broke! after Christmas and new years). I know I could take a high risk of a clutch going out sometime soon and end up paying more in the long run for labor since everything has to be removed again, but I thought and I knew my clutch was strong. Never any sign of problems. After I picked up my car from the shop I almost got ran over on the highway cause my car had no power. The RMPs just shot up while the car tries to catch up. Not cool, now I would normally guess the Clutch is slipping, but for this to happen RIGHT after all this work was done it makes me think its gotta be something else, the clutch went in to the shop fine, it cant break or go out while its sitting there. I watched him lower it, drive it 25 ft to me and I drove it out of the garage and noticed right away. I want to go back and tell him the problem but I am afraid he is going to say "hahaha I told you to buy a clutch" and then a$$ rape me with another hefty repair charge. A lot of stuff comes off with the master cylinder replacement (exhaust, whole clutch, tranny) something other then the clutch has to be causing this problem or this guy hosed me with a F'd up clutch.
Thank you SO much for your help!
- Randy
Thank you SO much for your help!
- Randy
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