hyeung Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hi, Just notice my clutch pedal suddenly lost its resistance across the first half of the travel again. Happened towards the end of my journey home as I went thru a lot of traffic on the motorway (lots of start n stops or cruising in low gears). Managed to get home and after staying stationary for a few minutes (with a few presses of the pedal) I noticed the resistance eventually returned. Check the clutch fluid and appears full and no apparent visual leaks. I had these similar symptoms about 5 years ago, including the point where the clutch would not return from the floor! I recall after sitting stationary for sometime the pedal feel returned. Anyways, i had the clutch slave cylinder replaced along with the clutch fluid. I recall the fluid was very dark! Since then I've not had a repeat episode of these symptoms until recently now. Do these clutch slave cylinders tend to go very frequently? As I've changed this part a few years ago, do you reckon the same part has gone again, or would be that something else has caused the failure this time I.e Clutch Master cylinder. Should one replace both master and slave at the same time? What are the rough durations for fitting each of these items? Thanks, Hung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsniss350z Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 If you replaced your clutch 5 years ago and just replaced the slave its generally considered the best thing to do to replace the slave and master cylinders together. This is possibly what is causing your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyeung Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 I replaced the clutch slave cylinder 5 years ago...not the clutch itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineV35 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I had that problem before but I replaced the clutch slave and replaiced the line with a braided item from Clark Motorsports and all seems to be fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I have long suspected that the clutch master and slave cylinders are mismatched, which is why the clutch action is heavy in comparison to a lot of other cars, be interesting to know if the 3 also sufferers from this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyeung Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Just wanted to see if anyone also had to change their clutch slave cylinder more than once for this particular issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyeung Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Just wanted to see if anyone also had to change their clutch slave cylinder more than once for this particular issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyeung Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Just wanted to see if anyone also had to change their clutch slave cylinder more than once for this particular issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PageyUK Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 If the fluid is 5 years old, I'd be tempted to replace it and blead the system. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixaman Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I'v had 2, one round year 2 or three of ownership and another just this year when rebuilding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grommit Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I replaced the clutch fluid with a high boilng point fluid and heat insulated the clutch line and it seems fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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