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quick question about clutch system
Apologies if this has been asked before.
My clutch pedal sunk to the floor and stayed there earlier tonight. First the pedal lost a lot of travel but the clutch still disengaged, and as I drove home it got worse and worse until finally it wouldn't disengage at all. Poking around under the hood there's a lot of brake fluid on the mounts around the transmission and in that general location - that, to me, says that somewhere I broke a fluid line in the clutch system. However, wouldn't a broken line cause the clutch to stop working entirely all at once? Wouldn't each press of the pedal just push more fluid out of the hole instead of into the slave cylinder? Also, as I filled up the reservoir, the level didn't go down at all. It was completely dry when I took the cover off but it only swallowed a few ml of fluid and didn't drop one bit. Wouldn't a broken line just allow the fluid to pour straight out (therefore lowering the level in the reservoir)? Tomorrow I'm going to climb under and have a better look (poking around at night with a tiny LED flashlight isn't too good), and if I can find any obviously ruptured lines I'll assume I've found the problem. I'm hoping it's just a broken line as we just had the transmission replaced not 500km ago and I'll be really aggravated if the wrench munged something up in the clutch while he was in there. Thanks for any replies, Isaac ps. i should mention this is on a 94 Civic |
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quick question about clutch system
Isaac wrote:
> Apologies if this has been asked before. > > My clutch pedal sunk to the floor and stayed there earlier tonight. > First the pedal lost a lot of travel but the clutch still disengaged, > and as I drove home it got worse and worse until finally it wouldn't > disengage at all. > > Poking around under the hood there's a lot of brake fluid on the mounts > around the transmission and in that general location - that, to me, > says that somewhere I broke a fluid line in the clutch system. However, > wouldn't a broken line cause the clutch to stop working entirely all at > once? Wouldn't each press of the pedal just push more fluid out of the > hole instead of into the slave cylinder? likely the seals inside the slave cylinder are leaking. |
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quick question about clutch system
"Isaac" > wrote in news:1139983809.771432.51120
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > Apologies if this has been asked before. > > My clutch pedal sunk to the floor and stayed there earlier tonight. > First the pedal lost a lot of travel but the clutch still disengaged, > and as I drove home it got worse and worse until finally it wouldn't > disengage at all. > I agree with SoCal, probably the slave cylinder though, there is a flex line from the firewall to the tranny. You want to watch that brake fluid, it eats paint. |
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quick question about clutch system
Well, I'm gonna have it towed to the shop that did the tranny today and
hopefully it was their mistake as I'm broke as hell, and the catch 22 is I'm a courier so I can't earn any more money to fix the car without driving the car. Ain't life grand? |
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quick question about clutch system
Isaac wrote:
.. . . . . . . . shop that did the tranny today . . . . . . . -------------------- That's the mysterious fact you forgot to tell us ! ! They probably kinked / twisted the lower line and now it won't hold pressure. It's their fault, they should make it good. 'Curly' |
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quick question about clutch system
Turns out the master cylinder blew a seal. We replaced both cylinders
and all is good now. |
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