I am trying to figure out why all of the sudden I lost pressure on my clutch pedal. I came outside this morning and saw an oil stain on the passenger side of the car and was looking for a leak which I have not found yet. I looked at the slave cylinder and noticed it look a little wet but I had a small oil leak from un unrelated problem so am thinking it might be residue from that.

When inspecting the clutch master cylinder, around the boot on the inside I noticed it looks a little wet. The resevoir is completely dry so I am assuming there is a leak somewhere. My question is, should the boot around the CMC be completly dry or could it be a little wet due to lubricant possibly on the plunger? If the resevoir was completly dry, wouldn't it have leaked all into the driver side foot area?

Thanks!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teletekman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am trying to figure out why all of the sudden I lost pressure on my clutch pedal. I came outside this morning and saw an oil stain on the passenger side of the car and was looking for a leak which I have not found yet. I looked at the slave cylinder and noticed it look a little wet but I had a small oil leak from un unrelated problem so am thinking it might be residue from that.

When inspecting the clutch master cylinder, around the boot on the inside I noticed it looks a little wet. The resevoir is completely dry so I am assuming there is a leak somewhere. My question is, should the boot around the CMC be completly dry or could it be a little wet due to lubricant possibly on the plunger? If the resevoir was completly dry, wouldn't it have leaked all into the driver side foot area?Thanks!
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You are correct, you've got a leak.
The failure rate works like this:
Master Cylinder: 80%
Slave Cylinder: 15%
Other: 05%

Refill the reservoir with Dot4 and bleed the system
grab a can of Brake Cleaner/Contact Cleaner



and Clean the S...t of the areas around both the Clutch Master Cylinder and the slave cylinder. This stuff will clean it and dry without a residue, so the leak should show up real quick.

If on the other hand, you have (indeed) found fluid leaking from the M/C (under the dash), You've got a bad one, so forgo the previous proceedure.

P

 

if you need to replace either or....try this ..

http://www.ozaccord.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30

 

Thanks for the help everyone. Found out that it was both the Slave and Master Cylinder. Thanks again!

 

Wow, double trouble. That's a rarity.
Well, glad to hear you got it addressed.

P