pair8hd

'95 Civic DX.
The clutch stays on the floor and has to be pulled up and down by hand to pump fluid. There is no sign of fluid leaking anywhere by the slave cylinder or clutch master cylinder, although the reservoir was dry when I got the car. I filled it up and bled the reservoir till it was dry twice and still no change in the pedal. The car will start in first gear and drive fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

92hatchboi

did u try pulling the slave cylinder out the boot prevents the fluid from falling out. or double check the master

stock_honda_coupe

First, don't bleed until the resivor is dry, you'll never get all the air out that way. Does it stay down all the time? or only when you're bleeding the system? cause its normal for the over-center spring to hold the pedal down when bleeding.

MeanGreenMachine

same thing happened to me and i bled the system and kept an eye on my clutch reservoir. it would go low after 2 days of not driving, so obviously i had a leak. i looked at my clutch slave cylinder and it was wet with brake fluid. went down to autozone and picked me up a slave cylinder for about 12-15 bucks, installed it and no problems. i ordered me a clutch master cylinder too, but will install that sometime here in a few weeks, because since i assume the clutch master cylinder and slave cylinder work together, if one goes out, it shouldnt be to long before the other goes, hence the reason why i have a clutch master cylinder ready to be installed.

pair8hd

It stays on the floor all the time. I stopped draining all the fluid after I figured out how many pumps it took to dry it out.
I will pull both cylinders to inspect them further tomorrow.

Archidictus

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I will pull both cylinders to inspect them further tomorrow.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Check the firewall above the clutch pedal on the inside of the car. Fluid has a tendency to run down from there as well.

If you're going to take both of them off anyhow, buy new ones. It's a maintenance thing.

drtysohc

you did bleed the clutch? are you sure you closed the bleeder?

pair8hd

Yes and Yes.

drtysohc

Double check yourself. It has to be leaking from somewhere.

stock_honda_coupe

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Check the firewall above the clutch pedal on the inside of the car. Fluid has a tendency to run down from there as well.

If you're going to take both of them off anyhow, buy new ones. It's a maintenance thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It can leak there for a long time and you'll never know it until you look. Slave cylinders can hide their leaks for a long time too.

pair8hd

Well I replaced both cylinders today and now everything is fine. Thanks for all the help guys!

Archidictus

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pair8hd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well I replaced both cylinders today and now everything is fine. Thanks for all the help guys!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Glad to hear it

MeanGreenMachine

Joshua Edge

ok so I changed my clutch cylinder and Slave cylinder and my pedal is still staying on the floor what should I do?

JRCivic1

Properly bleed the fluid through the master to the slave cylinder... making sure you do not run the reservoir out of fluid at any time or you have to start over.

Joshua Edge

I’ve bleed it and bench bleed it and checked for leaks and still got nothing

wunfstgsr

Start your own thread!

The OP already solved his issue.