I had my 95 teg serviced for the timing belt/water pump replacement. (I now have 100K mi) The receipt for the work had the note "Clutch master seeping". I asked the guy (not mechanic) at the shop what that meant and he said the mechanic was just making notes on things he noticed that should be taken care of in the future. He had also written "outer cv boot - minor dry rot".

So my question, what exactly is happening when my master cylinder is seeping, and what to do to fix it? Just replace it? Is it one of those things that when you do it, you might as well replace other stuff while you're at it if you got the cash?

Could someone who, unlike me, knows what the hell they are doing, give me some advice please? Also while you're at it, if it's not too much trouble, what other kind of things should I be looking out for having 100K+ miles? I never got the manual with my car back in 98

 

I had the same problem with my 95 gsr a few months ago. My clutch suddenly got really loose and i couldn't shift right. Turns out, all the clutch cylinder fluid had drained out because there was a leak. Open your hood and look in the far top-right corner near the driver mirror. There should be a gray cap with a long tube below it that looks like it goes into your dash. That's your clutch fluid (same as brake fluid). If it's empty or getting there you probably have a leak. I also noticed the leak if I got up under the dash and looked at the base of the clutch. I'd get it fixed before you have the same problem I had with shifting, but it didn't do anything permanent.

Hope that helped, cause it was a mouthful....

 

It doesn't seem low in the reservoir under the hood, don't see any leaks - though I just cleaned my engine thoroughly the other day. I did notice inside that the part of the clutch that has a rod going into the firewall had something that looked like it was dripping out. It looked kind of grey, but when I put my finger on it, it was all black, but looked like grease. I wonder if that's normal, or what? The guy at the shop made it sound like the only solution was a new master cylinder. Hmmm

anyone else?


[Modified by uncleben, 4:57 AM 9/18/2001]

 

My clutch master cylinder went out a while back, also. It had the same sypmtoms -- leaking at the firewall. I didn't notice any performance problems, but I think I caught it pretty early on. I replaced it myself with an "aftermarket" unit (which actually ended up being a re-built OEM unit), after the dealer quoted me a rediculous price for a replacement. The master ran me ~$35. I replaced the slave cylinder, as well, for another ~$30.

Good luck with the fix. It's fairly straight-forward.

 

Replace Master and Slave at the same time. When one starts going the other will. This is due to the bad Cylinder placing extra stress on the good one. The slave is on the front of your engine and the master is the one right by your clutch pedal.

Trench

 

Thanks everybody!