Clutch Master Cylinder - slight leak
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Under the S today putting on some shiny mikalor exhaust clamps and noticed some bubbly paint on the off side out rigger 
It appears my CMC is leaking ever so slightly. The small amount of fluid its lost has run dowm the body to the chassis and bubbled the paint on the outrigger. So that will need a repaint Nothing in the footwell. What is the CMS like to replace and where can I get a new one. It looks to be leaking from the top were the pipe leaves the MS to go down to the slave, gave it a nip with a spanner but it was already tight. Would a new seal or O ring be a simpler fix? Is this possible? TIA Damon (S3 2.9)
It appears my CMC is leaking ever so slightly. The small amount of fluid its lost has run dowm the body to the chassis and bubbled the paint on the outrigger. So that will need a repaint Nothing in the footwell. What is the CMS like to replace and where can I get a new one. It looks to be leaking from the top were the pipe leaves the MS to go down to the slave, gave it a nip with a spanner but it was already tight. Would a new seal or O ring be a simpler fix? Is this possible? TIA Damon (S3 2.9) DJ8226 said:
Under the S today putting on some shiny mikalor exhaust clamps and noticed some bubbly paint on the off side out rigger It appears my CMC is leaking ever so slightly. The small amount of fluid its lost has run dowm the body to the chassis and bubbled the paint on the outrigger. So that will need a repaint Nothing in the footwell. What is the CMS like to replace and where can I get a new one. It looks to be leaking from the top were the pipe leaves the MS to go down to the slave, gave it a nip with a spanner but it was already tight. Would a new seal or O ring be a simpler fix? Is this possible? TIA Damon (S3 2.9)
There is no O-ring, the end of the copper pipe is flared and the flare is compressed between the steel nut and the base of the hole in the Master when you tighten it. A new flare will allow a new seal to form so that would probably fix things. If the leak is at the pipe union then you probably don't need a new cylinder as the seals are fine. The nut is probably touching the base of the hole in the master so tightening won't compress the copper any more to fill the hole. It appears my CMC is leaking ever so slightly. The small amount of fluid its lost has run dowm the body to the chassis and bubbled the paint on the outrigger. So that will need a repaint Nothing in the footwell. What is the CMS like to replace and where can I get a new one. It looks to be leaking from the top were the pipe leaves the MS to go down to the slave, gave it a nip with a spanner but it was already tight. Would a new seal or O ring be a simpler fix? Is this possible? TIA Damon (S3 2.9) Gassing Station | S Series | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff