A slipping clutch

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zorruno
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A slipping clutch

Post by zorruno » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:29 am

Hi Keith, well it looks like no one else has answered this, so... I had a
prob in my 94 whereby the clutch over a few days went right to the floor. I
could only just get it into 2nd to limp home.

No fluid leak seen, and fluid level was high enough. I was shown how to
bleed it (Fletcher to the rescue again...) and once I did this and replaced
the fluid it was fine again. That was almost a year ago I think. And to
think I was about to replace the clutch in its entirety (which incidentally
we did last weekend on a friends 91 - not too hard with the right tools!)

I believe that also happened to Karl's 91? am I correct Karl?

PS Keith - sticking around for the quiz night tonight? Shouldn't be too far
away from you...
(z)

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A slipping clutch

Post by simple » Thu Aug 23, 2001 12:35 pm

My clutch slave cylinder has been leaking, probably since before I got the
car (almost 2yrs ago). Normally everything is fine - the fluid level in
the reservoir stays constant for months at a time - then suddenly it drops
without warning (every 4 months or so).

I can't actually remember what prompted me to look at the reservoir in the
first place (the car has never been undriveable), but when I looked the
first time it was empty. Adding more fluid made things happy. Now I check
the level once a week when I check oil & water - every now & then it needs
topping up.

One day I'll get around to replacing the seals in the slave cylinder, but
it's a pretty low priority. The current band-aid approach is very cost
effective.


Karl.


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