Nunyas
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GRRRRR! So, I go out to the B this morning to go to work, and go through the start up rituals: neutral, choke on, ignition power on for a few seconds, and start the engine. Things seem ok. While the engine is warming up, I push in the clutch and it felt ... weird. It was giving me feed back that wasn't *smooth*. I think, "huh, that's a little odd. Let me push it in a couple more times." I push it in a couple more times and then the clutch said, "pthpthpthpthpthpthpthpth! I ain't gonna do pooh for you anymore!", and the pedal no longer has any resistance at all. Sudden sinking feeling in my stomach. The clutch is making mild grinding/scraping sounds similar to the sound of finger nails being dragged over a formica counter top constantly. A quick check on my suspicion; I push the gear lever into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th with ease. So I figure the clutch is stuck in the pedal's depressed position. I had checked the reservoir last night and it was good. So, I assumed it was still good and decided to look under the car. Low and behold mass amounts of fluid pouring from the boot of the slave cylinder and it's stuck in the extended position. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif I tried tapping the push rod with a hammer to get the slave to return to its resting position, but no go. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
In the entire clutch system, the slave cylinder is the newest component (only 2 years old)! I can't be more irritated than I am right now. My quick thoughts on what could be happening here are: 1) Slave cylinder is cocked and won't return to it's resting position and the hydrolic seal might be extended past the bore allowing the fluid to leak past. 2) Clutch pressure plate has failed and isn't pushing the slave cylinder back in. 3) The master cylinder is jammed in the depressed position and not allowing the slave to return to its resting position, but the pedal moves freely so I'm less inclined to believe it's the Master at fault here.
Given that there's copious amounts of fluid rushing out of the slave, my thoughts are leaning more towards the slave cylinder has failed or the pressure plate has failed.
Thoughts on this, anyone?
In the entire clutch system, the slave cylinder is the newest component (only 2 years old)! I can't be more irritated than I am right now. My quick thoughts on what could be happening here are: 1) Slave cylinder is cocked and won't return to it's resting position and the hydrolic seal might be extended past the bore allowing the fluid to leak past. 2) Clutch pressure plate has failed and isn't pushing the slave cylinder back in. 3) The master cylinder is jammed in the depressed position and not allowing the slave to return to its resting position, but the pedal moves freely so I'm less inclined to believe it's the Master at fault here.
Given that there's copious amounts of fluid rushing out of the slave, my thoughts are leaning more towards the slave cylinder has failed or the pressure plate has failed.
Thoughts on this, anyone?