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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 10:20 AM
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Hopefully someone can diagnose my problem. Occasionaly the pedal feels soft, sometimes I can't shift into a gear without pressing the clutch twice. Most of the time it works fine. I have no grinding. I noticed the slave cylinder level was a little low, I filled it back up and doesn't seem to be leaking. I have 114k miles on the orginal clutch.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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Default Re: intermittent issues with my clutch

It is ready to be replaced. I had the same issues and they will persist until you replace the clutch. I didn't like it either.
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 07:47 PM
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the clutch slave cylinder has been known to wear out on our cars. Do you see or find any leaks anywhere? (Have you fully checked)

I swapped mine out and changed the line to make it stiffer and more aggressive.
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 05:53 AM
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Default Re: intermittent issues with my clutch

Clutch master cylinder was the cause of this concern for me. It was actually a very small leak that I almost did not even notice. If you look up on the drivers side of your fire wall (behind your stock air box if you have one, may need to remove this as well to see clearly) you should see the master, check underneath it there is a small ledge the collects fluid if its leaking. I put an omni power master in mine and this issue went away all together. First I tried to just bleed it out that helped for a while but it kept loosing pressure. Hopefully you can get it figured out.
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jettadreams
Clutch master cylinder was the cause of this concern for me. It was actually a very small leak that I almost did not even notice. If you look up on the drivers side of your fire wall (behind your stock air box if you have one, may need to remove this as well to see clearly) you should see the master, check underneath it there is a small ledge the collects fluid if its leaking. I put an omni power master in mine and this issue went away all together. First I tried to just bleed it out that helped for a while but it kept loosing pressure. Hopefully you can get it figured out.


i had the same issue with one of my nissans except it was leaking into my cabin on the clutch pedal and firewall. wouldve never known if i hadnt put a turbo timer in. its not always the clutch. start by ruling out the easy/cheap fixes before thinking big problems
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 10:29 AM
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Sounds like it's time to upgrade to a stage 5!
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Old Dec 26, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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Definitely sounds like a leak somewhere. Check the master and slave like previously mentioned.
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