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Old 07-06-2011, 10:13 PM
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weird issue. after i let my car sit for a day or two without driving, i get in and the clutch is really easy to push. barely takes any pressure. seems like it is holding pretty hard with no slipping. it just takes less effort. then after i drive and push it in only a few times, it gets harder to push. not REALLY hard, just hard-er. it stays like that for as long as i drive it until it sits for another day or two. should it be easier to push or harder?

do i need to bleed the fluid? maybe it's air? is it a master cyl going bad??
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sounds like a master cylinder...thats just what mine was doing. I put in a new one and its been fine ever since. Is your clutch fluid black?
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i havnt checked yet. how much work is it to swap a master cyl?
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Originally Posted by davy
i havnt checked yet. how much work is it to swap a master cyl?
2-3 hrs, a helper was needed for me to install the new one .




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