Alfa Romeo Repair: 166 Clutch bleeding, clutch action, shop equiment

Question
My 1990 166 2.0 TS has over the last week or so lost clutch action. Started with a little play at the top of the clutch stroke which steadily increased. I then checked to find the fluid (Brake & Clutch) was low so I topped it up with dot4. I was then with a little peddle pumping able to get full action back again, but this was required at the start of each new new journey. This morning even this failed and the peddle is simplely floppy (even though it drove to that spot behaveing realy well). Slave cylinder appears to be moveing fine and there is plenty of fluid. Is there some way I can bleed the system mabye? Thanks, Kevin.

Answer
Without shop equiment, it takes 2 people.  One person opens the bleeder valve on the slave while the other pushes pedal to floor--then close the bleeder valve and slowly release pedal. Repeat until only fluid comes out bleeder valve.

That said: if you can find no fluid around and under the slave then the master cylinder is leaking--look for fluid on the input shaft (the rod the pedal pushes on).

If you find that the master is leaking then replace both master and slave and use Castrol LMA to flush and fill system.