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After an opinion on the clutch before I decide what to do. The clutch pedal seems to have a very long travel. To engage a gear when stationary the pedal needs to be fully depressed, but on starting to release the pedal drive is starting to take up, but the clutch does not fully engage until the pedal is almost fully released. The clutch has 25 / 30 k miles on it and the slave cyl was overhauled about 15 k ago.
Is it normal or are we looking at a new clutch? Also had to bleed clutch during a track day but this seemed to be down to old fluid and the pipe running very close to the exhaust manifold.
Is it normal or are we looking at a new clutch? Also had to bleed clutch during a track day but this seemed to be down to old fluid and the pipe running very close to the exhaust manifold.
Rich - could just be air in the system giving the funny clutch behaviour. That's not to say all is 100% - air could be getting in because the seals are getting tired ...
I had my clutch out changed recently after 36k miles. The leaf springs around the edge died, the diagphragm spring was fine. I haven't checked the mileage to be sure, but I have a Race Proved slave in the car and it feels like it's lasted longer than previous OE items.
Steve
I had my clutch out changed recently after 36k miles. The leaf springs around the edge died, the diagphragm spring was fine. I haven't checked the mileage to be sure, but I have a Race Proved slave in the car and it feels like it's lasted longer than previous OE items.
Steve
Slave was changed 3 or so years ago, but did a track day recently and had to bleed the clutch when it got rather hot due to the clutch hose being next to the exhaust manifold. Since then its been back to its normal long travel. My biggest worry is it letting us down, my wife uses the car aswell and is off to Scotland in a couple of months and so far its never failed to make it home under its own steam including three trips to Europe.
If the clutch is on its way out I'd rather change it sooner than wait until it fails leaving someone stranded, but I don't want to change it if theres another 10000 miles in it.
Anyone got a crystal ball?
If the clutch is on its way out I'd rather change it sooner than wait until it fails leaving someone stranded, but I don't want to change it if theres another 10000 miles in it.
Anyone got a crystal ball?
Top up the oil and monitor it!! You may just have a small leek. You wont really notice it until the oil runs so low in the reservoir and you suck in air. (doesn't necessary mean a complete loss of clutch as there might still be enough oil in the system to give some 'push')
If the oil is full.. try bleeding and see if that helps.
If the oil is full.. try bleeding and see if that helps.
Does the pressure improve if you pump the clutch pedal up ? Probably air in the system from either a leak or allowing the level to drop too low in the master.
If you have black seal residue in the master reservoir then one/some of your seals have prob gone.
Refill and bleed as Mark says.
Put some tissue paper under the pedals and cardboad under the bellhousing. Operate the cltuch a few dozen times. If you have oil on the tissue paper then it's probably the Master. If it's on the cardboard then it's probably the slave.
However before panicking do a double check on all pipe connections for tightness and don't forget that there are two on the bellhousing.
Good Luck
If you have black seal residue in the master reservoir then one/some of your seals have prob gone.
Refill and bleed as Mark says.
Put some tissue paper under the pedals and cardboad under the bellhousing. Operate the cltuch a few dozen times. If you have oil on the tissue paper then it's probably the Master. If it's on the cardboard then it's probably the slave.
However before panicking do a double check on all pipe connections for tightness and don't forget that there are two on the bellhousing.
Good Luck
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