clutch fluid problem

[dark_sounds]

my clutch fluid keeps loosing fluid... the small bottle ive ran out of brake fluid to use, so need to try and find the leak/problem could it be within the clutch? or that have a second bottle?

help!!!!!

[gcorky]

master cylinder will wet your carpet round pedal area and slave which is probably culprit is on left side of gearbox.both easy to do and 60-70 pound for the pair .advisable to do both together though.

[dark_sounds]

yeah cool i not a skimming type of person, if something needs changing ill change it,, heck if i can change it ill change it for the sake of it ... cool cool so changing both master and slave = 60-70 in parts?? no labour right? job i can do myself under the car right?

thanks for your help

[Gwynleym10]

I assume the car is right hand drive?

(LHD have a clutch fluid with the brake fluid)

Firstly check the pipes and connections from the resevoir, to the clutch master cyclinder(behind pedal) then from the master cyclinder to the slave (on LH of gearbox)


Def do both at the same as once one has gone the other will follow pretty soon.

[gcorky]

yep ,slave is 2 bolts and pipe,master is fiddly due to its location ,have you played twister ????????????????




cos its worse than that lol

[Gwynleym10]

Just push the drivers seat back and be upsidedown...its only 20mins work.

When you get the part from GSF or ECP ask to look at the cheaper one as well as the more expensive ones....Check out that play!

[dark_sounds]

lol i must say my days of being supple have long gone, im only 19 but still long gone lol

right will have a crack at it. 30Ԛ£ an hour ... how much ureckon it will cost??

edit.. sorry answered.... lol 20 mins work,,, cool cool cheers for that

[gcorky]

2-3 hours realistically .job done.

[dark_sounds]

realistic? big jump .. 20 mins to 3 hours? or 20 mins just for the master ? and the rest for the slave? or other way round lol

[gcorky]

1 man remove/renew and bleed ,refit panels etc 2 hours 3 at outside


as anyone in the trade knows one rusty bolt could take all day!!!!!


if someone can do the lot in 20 mins ill show my batty in debenhams....lol

[dark_sounds]

lol k i think that rounds it up. personally i cant be arsed to spend more then an hour in the cold. so to the garage it goes lol anything else worth changing while down there??

what panals need to be removed btw??

god damn why is there no haynes manual for the 318is!

[gcorky]

lower column above pedals?

[dark_sounds]

yeah that i should manage though the other one??

anyone got pics??

[gcorky]

other (slave is easy) jack up two bolts and pipe out ,new one in ,sorted

[Gwynleym10]

2-3 Hours?!!

Really did only take me 20mins to change the master cyclinder...

What panels do you have to remove? I only opened the bonnet....

Oh the under dash thing...

If you car's not lowered and your relatively thine you don't even need to jack the car up to do the slave!

Bleeding the clutch is a matter for gavity..

[gcorky]

master+slave+bleed 2-(3 hrs outside)false economy to fit a cylinder in circuit on its own.

ive never had one that will gravity feed? air traps in the slave hence the nipple?my advice bleed it properly to displace ALL air.air in circuit could cause clutch to drag and numerous other faults.


and as for dont need to jack up..........lol ok .


were trying to offer useful advice here arent we?