today i get into the car and when i push in the clutch pedal it goes to the floor with ease no resistance. then the pedal goes back to where it should go back to. i looked and there is no fluid on the ground or anywhere. there was nothing wrong yesterday. i dont get it. any help would be greatly appriciated.
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Look at your shoe. Any fluid there?
When this happened to me, it was my master cylinder. I had a couple drops of fluid on the toe of my shoe and the carpet.
As much as this type of problem is usually the slave cylinder on most cars, ours have notorious clutch pedal bushings that fail prematurely and allow side slop that puts lateral strain on the master cylinder push rod leading to failure.
If you're doing either the slave or the master (and I can almost guarantee you will be doing one or the other), you might as well do both at the same time, as well as a new OEM pedal, delrin bushings and a stainless clutch line if you don't have those items already.
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to answer your question, no there is no fluid on my shoe or the carpet. since it's the weekend i'm screwed. :-) i cant do anything till monday. i guess the general consensus is that im gonna buy some new cylinder(s)Comment
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Originally Posted by My 99:
to answer your question, no there is no fluid on my shoe or the carpet. since it's the weekend i'm screwed. :-) i cant do anything till monday. i guess the general consensus is that im gonna buy some new cylinder(s)
And it's entirely possible that the failure wasn't so bad that there was enough fluid getting past the boot to drip, but enough getting past the seals that it wouldn't operate properly.
If you're resigned to not driving it anyway, you might want to start the dis-assembly process for the MC. Removing the panel beneath the steering wheel will allow you to investigate (or remove, if you wish) the MC. It would also show if, for some unlikey reason, it's not a hydraulic failure at all, but rather a linkage failure or some such thing.
And realistically, you *could* do the job today if you can source the part(s) locally. Also realistically, if you can't source the parts locally today, you might not have them by Monday, either, unless you pay through the nose for expedited shipping. :-)
Either way, it's probably making a couple phone calls and doing some underdash recon in the meantime. :-)Comment
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Originally Posted by hencini:
Removing the panel beneath the steering wheel will allow you to investigate (or remove, if you wish) the MC.
+1 There are a pair of springs down at the clutch pedal, inspect those too.
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Check the fluid. The clutch master feed line is above the brake feed in the reservior. If the clutch hydraulic system has a leak, it'll go dry. Top up the reservoir and the pedal might come back, but it means you have a leak somewhere.Comment
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