lonnewolff

Ok so I have a civic with a 98 Gsr engine but a 99 si transmission. For about a few months now I can't figure out why my clutch won't disengage fully. I've replaced both master and slave cylinders and the clutch lines. I bleed the clutch and it works fine until I drive it for about 5 minutes and my clutch stops disengaging to the point where the clutch doesn't even retract when you take your foot off it. It just stays pushed down to the wall. I'm assuming air is getting into the line but I don't even know how. There's no leak anywhere. I've opened up the transmission. The fork and release bearing are fine. Clutch is fine as well. Any ideas what it could be??

MisereNoire

Did you change/inspect the hose/hose clamps between the master cylinder and the reservoir? Did you bench bleed your master before installing it? Have you acquired/downloaded the FSM and followed the troubleshooting flow chart in it?

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