Clutch Non Grata, Need Help! Options

[thespacepanda]

Ok, so the other night I was driving around and I was sitting at a red light with my clutch all the way in and the car in 1st. The car started to move forward like an automatic and when I tried to take it out of gear I couldn't pull it like the clutch was out. I did the only thing I could which was push the brake and let go of the clutch, killing the car. This happened once and didn't happen again until yesterday, when it started doing it more frequently. Here's the raw symptoms:

• Car shifts just fine at speed
• Clutch engages even though pedal is in
• Only does it while sitting still with clutch pedal all the way in
• Pedal loses almost all pressure after dying but regains after pumping a few times

DEATH said that he had a similar problem and replacing the slave cylinder fixed the problem. Any ideas?

[94celicadude]

sounds like you have a leak in your clutch hydraulic line system, either air is getting into it from somewhere, either at the slave cylinder, or at the clutch master cylinder, another possibility is that you clutch master cylinder is worn out. Causing the fluid to escape past the piston inside the clutch master cylinder, resulting in a loss of pressure. It would also create the symptoms you described.

-Try changing your clutch slave cylinder, its fairly easy to do it yourself.

-If that fails then replace your clutch master cylinder, i did this myself on my car and it wasnt hard, but its nice to have a helping hand around and such.

Good Luck
Hope this info helps