Clutch pedal hit the floor...

Clutch pedal hit the floor...

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IsItACatInAHat

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73 posts

166 months

Saturday 13th April 2013
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Hi all,

So, I hit the dreaded problem. Federal Evora over the pond in the US, just driving through the city, and the for last few manoeuvres into my parking space the clutch bite point felt different, and the pedal wasn't coming all the way back up. Once I got it into the space, the clutch wouldn't come up at all unless I pulled it back up by hand.

Left it overnight to cool down, and tried it this morning - pedal feels different, bite point in a different place, but pumping the pedal a lot seemed to take it back to normal briefly before it felt different again.

Car is still in warranty thankfully. Has anyone else experienced this?

IsItACatInAHat

Original Poster:

73 posts

166 months

Saturday 13th April 2013
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Wasn't really driving hard. I'd been doing ~70mph before some stop-start traffic through the city to my apartment which probably didn't help.

It's booked into the dealer for Monday morning anyway - and it's sounding more like the master cylinder. Don't want to have to replace the clutch as I've heard prices of $6-9k bandied about by other owners around here...!

IsItACatInAHat

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73 posts

166 months

Monday 15th April 2013
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Managed to drive it into the garage with no drama today, so hopefully it's just the hydraulics. I'm very lucky in the US to live 10 minutes from a Lotus dealer, a lot of owners have to drive 5 hours to get there smile


IsItACatInAHat

Original Poster:

73 posts

166 months

Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Well, the dealer bled the clutch fluid and installed the heat wrap according to the service bulletin on this, which didn't help. New master cylinder time!

IsItACatInAHat

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73 posts

166 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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New Master Cylinder appears to have fixed the problem. Thankfully I don't have to sell a kidney for a new clutch smile