Clutch Fluid Gone
Discussion
Had a nice drive this afternoon and twice when I was nearly home the clutch pedal behaved oddly going to the floor, staying and then recovering. Got home selected reverse to get into the garage, clutch gone, could have been worse places I suppose! Anyway fluid dripping from rear undertray and master cylinder empty, haven't had time to look from underneath and won't until tomorrow but I'm hoping it's the pipe. Would slave cylinder leaks show in this way? Any thoughts welcome.
Rob
Rob
So the bad news is the pipe is dry as a bone so no (relatively) simple fix. Although there is fluid around on the top of the undertray I can't actually see where it's coming from. Although I assume it must be the slave cylinder I'd like to trace where the fluid comes out, any ideas?
Edit: pumped some more fluid through and it left no doubt as to where it's coming out, see photo below.
Although I have a reasonable size garage to work in and am prepared to do a far amount of work I don't feel I have all the kit or am competent to do this work myself so now have to try and get it to somebody who can. Had provisionally got it booked in for a service with Jetstream mid/late May but that seems a long way off now. If anybody could give me a summary of how to go about it i.e. can I get box off with the engine in situ etc, I might give it a go.
Edit; just looked at the car again and the build manual and feel a bit daunted.
My week's holiday was intended to be driving the car not spannering.
Edit: pumped some more fluid through and it left no doubt as to where it's coming out, see photo below.
Although I have a reasonable size garage to work in and am prepared to do a far amount of work I don't feel I have all the kit or am competent to do this work myself so now have to try and get it to somebody who can. Had provisionally got it booked in for a service with Jetstream mid/late May but that seems a long way off now. If anybody could give me a summary of how to go about it i.e. can I get box off with the engine in situ etc, I might give it a go.
Edit; just looked at the car again and the build manual and feel a bit daunted.
My week's holiday was intended to be driving the car not spannering.
Edited by Rob_W on Tuesday 26th April 12:18
Hi Mike
Spent some time today researching clutches and as there is no absolutely clear path (AP/Helix which version etc) forward we are just going to have a look at how the existing one looks before deciding what to do. Gearbox is staying as is, short sighted you may say but it's a balance of whether it's really needed for my use against yet more time off the road to say nothing of cost. I may live to regret it but there's only so much you can do.
Rob
Spent some time today researching clutches and as there is no absolutely clear path (AP/Helix which version etc) forward we are just going to have a look at how the existing one looks before deciding what to do. Gearbox is staying as is, short sighted you may say but it's a balance of whether it's really needed for my use against yet more time off the road to say nothing of cost. I may live to regret it but there's only so much you can do.
Rob
Hi Rob,
My car was doing the exact same thing, turned out to be the pipe that runs from the front resevior to the rear, it was wet in a small section and was very hard to spot, it was only when he removed the panel he saw it, so might be worth having a good look behind the panel at the front.
was driving me mad, Skip has just fixed it along with a few other things,
collecting tomorrow.
My car was doing the exact same thing, turned out to be the pipe that runs from the front resevior to the rear, it was wet in a small section and was very hard to spot, it was only when he removed the panel he saw it, so might be worth having a good look behind the panel at the front.
was driving me mad, Skip has just fixed it along with a few other things,
collecting tomorrow.
sundance002 said:
Hi Rob,
My car was doing the exact same thing, turned out to be the pipe that runs from the front resevior to the rear, it was wet in a small section and was very hard to spot, it was only when he removed the panel he saw it, so might be worth having a good look behind the panel at the front.
was driving me mad, Skip has just fixed it along with a few other things,
collecting tomorrow.
My car was doing the exact same thing, turned out to be the pipe that runs from the front resevior to the rear, it was wet in a small section and was very hard to spot, it was only when he removed the panel he saw it, so might be worth having a good look behind the panel at the front.
was driving me mad, Skip has just fixed it along with a few other things,
collecting tomorrow.
Hi Craig
If only it were the pipe although now it's gone the upgrade makes sense and it also makes it easier to fit your hoses, let's see how bright they look when installed!
Rob
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