During DC header install I unloosened a small bolt and some fluid came out, what is this?

 

the clutch slave cylinder.

 

Clutch fluid. I hope your clutch still has pressure because there are air bubbles in there now.

 

thanx for quik reply. i just went and depressed the cluth and shifted gears and it appears normal. what do i need to do to fix it.


[Modified by hitop, 12:46 AM 2/1/2003]

 

Bleed the clutch fluid.

 

right, I'll bleed the clutch fluid. The real bitch is after I took the manifold gasket off to clean it I noticed I'm leaking oil from the headgasket on the right side.

 

damn.

yeah pump the clutch pedal and hold in, then have someone loosen that little nut and close to repeat again. the person will probably have to pull the pedal up.

 

tweakmeister:

Just how bad is a leaking headgasket anyhow? I also noticed oil seaping from pan around it's gasket. It seems only started having problems after using synthetic oil.

 

No, on you. Headgaskets don't usually blow on the "right side." Take a look at your plugs and wires and if they are oily, then you can assume you have a blown head gasket.

Oh jaw, changing motor oil doesn't blow head gaskets!


[Modified by Mikey, 8:46 PM 1/31/2003]

 

okay, respell everything out for us.

the oil pan gasket is leaking?

 

yes, the oil pan gasket is leaking. and no, the plugs and wires are clean as a babies nuts or ***.

 

Well, I'm confused. If your oil pan is leaking, check to make sure all the bolts are there. If they are, it's most likely the oil pan gasket.

Good luck.

 

Sweet, have the DC header installation completed. Didn't get a CEL, no rattles, and didn't smell any exhaust fumes either. Damn though, this header pulls nice, all the thru the powerband too . It doesn't appear that I have to bleed the clutch fluid either because the clutch wasn't mushy at all on the test drive.


[Modified by hitop, 9:01 AM 2/1/2003]

 

Man, that slave cylinder gave me so much hell when I installed my header. We ended up having to take it off (I believe the part in your way is actually just the bleeder valve for it). We unbolted it from the tranny and moved it a few inches and got my header past it.

 

if your oil pan gasket is really leaking then replace it.

a tip for installing headers (I've done a couple of them now)....loosen/remove the radiator fans.

 

Just curious, how did you manage to loosen your slave cylinder bleed bolt during a header install?!

 

I was trying to work the exhaust manifold downward and the bleeder bolt was in the way. I didn't try to remove the downpipe from the exhaust manifold because those bolts were completely frozen. Didn't have any problems with taking the o2 sensor off though.

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