QuestionQUESTION: I bleed my clutch on a 1997 chevy s-10 and it works great and then in a couple days it doesn't work, it goes to the floor yet i have lost no fluid
ANSWER: HI CHRIS, WHEN DID THIS START TO HAPPEN ?? DID YOU RECENTLY REPLACE THE CLUTCH, SLAVE CYLINDER OR MASTER CYLINDER ?? IF YOU HAVE NOT REPLACED ANY OF THE ABOVE AND IT JUST STARTED TO HAPPEN, THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM IS THE SLAVE CYLINDER. THERE MAYBE A VERY SMALL LEAK THAT YOU CAN NOT VISUALLY SEE BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE THE BELLHOUSING. THE FLUID LOSS WOULD BE VERY SLIGHT. I WOULD MARK A SPOT ON THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR AND CK IN A FEW DAYS TO SEE IF IT WENT DOWN A TOUCH. THE OTHER POSSIBLE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SLAVE CYLINDER IS SUCKING AIR FROM THE THROW OUT BEARING. IF THE SLAVE CYLINDER IS GOING BAD I HAVE SEEN THEM SUCK AIR IN. CAN YOU PUMP THE CLUTCH PEDAL BACK UP OR NOT,DOES IT NEED TO BE BLED ? THE LAST THING I CAN SUGGEST IS LOOK AT THE MASTER CYLINDER PUSH ROD UNDER THE DASH,[WHERE THE PEDAL ROD GOES INTO THE MAS/CYL],MAKE SURE THIS IS DRY.IF NOT, REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER.. IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFO FOR ME IT MAY HELP. GET BACK TO ME IF YOU WANT TO OR CK WHAT I SUGGESTED..PLEASE WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS SITE WOULD YOU MIND RATING MY ANSWER. THANK YOU,,,, TOM..
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QUESTION: I have checked everything, I recently had a new clutch assembly put in. I have nothing leaking yet this time the 1st couple times we bled the clutch , there was fluid that come out as i bled them , but after that i got nothing to come out and no presure built up on the clutch
AnswerHI CHRIS,TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IT WAS FULL OF AIR. THIS IS ONE OF TWO PROBLEMS, A DEFECTIVE SLAVE CYLINDER OR BAD MASTER CYLINDER. YOU DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE OLD CLUTCH DID YOU ?? WHICH I WOULD THINK THE MASTER CYLINDER IS PROBABLY OK. YOU OR THE TECH INSTALLED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WITH A NEW SLAVE CYLINDER,[YES] THIS TO ME SOUNDS LIKE A DEFECTIVE SLAVE CYLINDER. THEY CAN SUCK AIR BY THE THROW OUT BEARING RIDING ON THE PRESSURE PLATE..TO BE 100% SURE, CAN YOU GET AT THE LINE GOING INTO THE SLAVE CYLINDER,REMOVE IT AND BLOCK IT OFF..PUMP THE CLUTCH BY HAND TILL IT FEELS OK OR MAYBE NOT. IF IT FEELS NORMAL LIKE THIS IT HAS TO BE THE SLAVE CYLINDER. IF YOU CAN NOT GET ANY PRESSURE BUILT UP LIKE THIS THEN THE MASTER CYLINDER IS BAD... THIS IS A SIMPLE SYSTEM. THINK OF IT AS A BRAKE SYSTEM, LIKE BLEEDING THE FRONT BRK CALIPERS. TRY TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM.. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE INFO. THANKS TOM..
