so i was driving today and all of a sudden my clutch pedal lost pressure and the clutch wouldnt engage unless i held it to the floor, never had this problem or any problems with the clutch i know its not slipping or anything because it was fine yesterday, then it all of a sudden got pressure again after the car was parked for maybe 45 minutes then was fine for the rest of the day, then i get off work and it loses pressure again on my way home

i have no idea what is wrong but i need to fix this i dont wanna run the risk off ****ing my tranny up

any help would be awesome guys

 

First of all, you need to check if you even have any clutch fluid at all. If you do, then check if your clutch master cylinder is not leaking or not working. If not, I would go and re-bleed your clutch again. The build up of air bubbles could account for the lost of clutch pressure. Chemistry wise, liquid such as brake/clutch fluid is an excellent mechanism to maintain pressure because liquid is nearly incompressible. The present of too air bubbles inhibits this mechanism.

 

well im gonna check that tomm man appreciate it just kinda freaked me out cause i know its not slipping or even beginning to slip, anyways thanks man

 

Like ILS_09 said...

1. clutch fluid
2. clutch master cylinder
3. bleed clutch

worse come to worse, it will be your pressure plate giving out on you.

 

ok so i checked the clutch fluid and it was really low so i put some manual clutch fluid in there and then bled the clutch just to be sure and its all back to normal and actually better than it was before thanks

 

thank you guys for this info. i have this exact same problem and will try the brake/clutch fluid idea. if i would "ve taken it to a shop they would proably have charged me 200+ to fix.will post results

 

same problem happened to me a few months ago and it ended up being the clutch master i bled it and i was good for a few days and they it kept up checked the firewall and well enough it was leaking gl

 

This just happened to me. I replaced the clutch slave cylinder and the master clutch cylinder. I drained the old brake fluid and put new DOT3 in.

I'm still not getting any pressure in the pedal.

Is there anything that i could have done wrong or something I didn't do?

A friend of mine who was helping me is puzzled by the lack of fluid pressure in the line when trying to bleed the clutch, with a full reservoir of fluid (especially with a new slave cylinder and new master clutch). The fluid should be spraying when pumping the clutch and its just dripping fast instead of squirting.

any idea of what it could be?

I dont want to replace the clutch line itself unless i absolutely have to. I'm puzzled... help

 

Open the bleeder more. Bleed it properly and completely.

 

if you didnt prebleed the cmc it's going to take a lot longer to get the air out.
just keep at it, you'll likely have to adjust the pedal too.

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