need help asap..
10-15-2008 | 03:37 AM
#1
need help asap.. i have a 96 z28 i just bought recently..
well my clutch felt like it was slipping alot.. so i figured i needed to get a new one asap..
i checked my resivour(sp?) and it was bone dry.
filled with dot 3 brake fluid and clutch felt awesome..
checked level and still full.. but little later felt like it was worse than before.. the pedal has to come all the way out before it engages and can't even chirp 2nd anymore..
will bleeding fix the issue??
well my clutch felt like it was slipping alot.. so i figured i needed to get a new one asap..
i checked my resivour(sp?) and it was bone dry.
filled with dot 3 brake fluid and clutch felt awesome..
checked level and still full.. but little later felt like it was worse than before.. the pedal has to come all the way out before it engages and can't even chirp 2nd anymore..
will bleeding fix the issue??
10-15-2008 | 02:17 PM
#3
if the clutch resevoir was dry then the fluid had to leak out. That's problem #1.
If clutch slipping was happening then given the dry resevoir I would guess the fluid leaked out somewhere around the slave cylinder and got all over the clutch and caused the slippage.
If you filled the resevoir and now the clutch feels awesome as in no slippage then I would guess coincidence, the clutch fluid is used to push the clutch off the flywheel against the pressure plate so you can shift. The clutch pressure plate pushes the clutch against the flywheel and has nothing to do with the clutch fluid or hydraulics. So if the clutch is slipping then it's either a worn out clutch, contaminated with brake fluid, or both. Sounds like you need to drop the trans and inspect the slave cylinder, hydraulic lines and fittings, especially if its the original on a '96, more so since it was owned by someone else who did who knows what to it, probably why they were selling it.
If clutch slipping was happening then given the dry resevoir I would guess the fluid leaked out somewhere around the slave cylinder and got all over the clutch and caused the slippage.
If you filled the resevoir and now the clutch feels awesome as in no slippage then I would guess coincidence, the clutch fluid is used to push the clutch off the flywheel against the pressure plate so you can shift. The clutch pressure plate pushes the clutch against the flywheel and has nothing to do with the clutch fluid or hydraulics. So if the clutch is slipping then it's either a worn out clutch, contaminated with brake fluid, or both. Sounds like you need to drop the trans and inspect the slave cylinder, hydraulic lines and fittings, especially if its the original on a '96, more so since it was owned by someone else who did who knows what to it, probably why they were selling it.
10-15-2008 | 06:26 PM
#4
if the clutch resevoir was dry then the fluid had to leak out. That's problem #1.
If clutch slipping was happening then given the dry resevoir I would guess the fluid leaked out somewhere around the slave cylinder and got all over the clutch and caused the slippage.
If you filled the resevoir and now the clutch feels awesome as in no slippage then I would guess coincidence, the clutch fluid is used to push the clutch off the flywheel against the pressure plate so you can shift. The clutch pressure plate pushes the clutch against the flywheel and has nothing to do with the clutch fluid or hydraulics. So if the clutch is slipping then it's either a worn out clutch, contaminated with brake fluid, or both. Sounds like you need to drop the trans and inspect the slave cylinder, hydraulic lines and fittings, especially if its the original on a '96, more so since it was owned by someone else who did who knows what to it, probably why they were selling it.
If clutch slipping was happening then given the dry resevoir I would guess the fluid leaked out somewhere around the slave cylinder and got all over the clutch and caused the slippage.
If you filled the resevoir and now the clutch feels awesome as in no slippage then I would guess coincidence, the clutch fluid is used to push the clutch off the flywheel against the pressure plate so you can shift. The clutch pressure plate pushes the clutch against the flywheel and has nothing to do with the clutch fluid or hydraulics. So if the clutch is slipping then it's either a worn out clutch, contaminated with brake fluid, or both. Sounds like you need to drop the trans and inspect the slave cylinder, hydraulic lines and fittings, especially if its the original on a '96, more so since it was owned by someone else who did who knows what to it, probably why they were selling it.