Hi there people,

I am Kay, from SW London. We own a Honda Accord Type S 2.4. We've had it for about 4 years without any problems. This is the 1st problem, car har covered 94,000 miles.

Basically all of a sudden in traffic I had problems selecting gears, plus the clutch felt 'softer'. I managed to drive home in 3rd as thats the only gear I managed to select easily. The next day I couldnt select any gear & when I did try it made the griding noise. If i turn the car off I can select gears perfectly fine apart from 5th. If i turn the car off and put it in gear with the clutch down & then start it, the car jumps forward abit?

There hast been any clutch slip at all. I inspected for any leaks in the bay but nothing. The clutch fluid looks full but very black?. I looked behind the clutch pedal & I can see a little residue of oil, looks like its coming from the master cylinder?

So far i personally think the master cylinder is shot, but not 100%. I came accross this site & thought I'd ask for help/opinions

Many thanks

PS: Completely stock car

 

Your Euro Accord is the Acura TSX in the US. You may want to post in that section.

Our "Accord" is a different car than yours.

 

Oh sorry. I didnt know that.

Thanks

 

No apology necessary, just trying to help by pointing you to the right direction.

 

looks like master cylinder is going bad

 

I would say it is clutch time.

 

sounds like a clutch and pressure plate replacemwnr needed. when it grinds it ia because the clutch is not diengaging entirely.


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clutch

 

I am agreeing with the above, the clutch sounds buggered. However, the black fluid worries me. I would replace the clutch master and flush out the fluid too. HTH

 

Mastercylinder is part of the brake system.
Your problem sounds more like a transmission problem starting with the clutch .

 

I would check slave/master/lines first.

 

either the CLUTCH master cylinder or CLUTCH slave cylinder is failing and has leaked out fluid and allowed air in. the clutch itself is almost 100% likely to be perfectly fine.