A friend of mine is giving me a ’95 Accord DX 5 speed with 115k. The car has been sitting for a couple of months since he “burned out” the clutch. When I went to check out the car, I found that the hydraulic clutch fluid was completely empty. I filled it and slowly pumped the clutch with the cap off (my attempt to try to “bleed” the line without any tools available).

The result was the car that would go into any gear, but with the clutch all the way out it would only go a few mph no matter how high I took the RPMs (obviously indicating the clutch is not engaging completely). My question… is it possible that all I need to do is bleed the hydraulic clutch line properly since it was run bone dry or is the clutch definitely gone? I’m thinking that maybe the clutch is not engaging completely because the line has air in it. I realize 115k is already a lot for a clutch but my Acura 2.2CL has 130k city miles on one clutch. This Accord has mostly highway miles.

The car is about 3 hours from my house so I don’t want to drive all the way up there to bleed the line if its not likely to work. Thanks for advise you can offer. This could save me hundreds of dollars and a tow

 

the clutch disengages teh pressure plate. witht no fooot on teh clutch it should be able to drive fine if the disc is not worn out.

 

maybe it's the master or slave cylinder. my guess would be the master since mine just failed last week. it's a bitch to regain pressure after bleeding it. you either to pump the hell out of it for awhile or there is a pressure bleeder used for brake systems that will do it much quicker.

 

its prolly the slave, the 94/97s were notorious for that, I'm on my third

 

what kind of fluid did you use?

 

DOT 3 brake fluid. That's what my Acura takes, I assume its the same. ForceThis, would a bad slave cause the clutch to only partially engage?

 

a bad slavecyliunder makes it so you can never get tthe clutch to disengage.
bad hydraulics (cylinders or lines0 make it so the clutch is always fully engaged. the spring pressure of the pressure plate is what holds the disc to the flywheel.