Excessive clutch play when cold
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Staging Lane
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From: Centreville, Virginia
Excessive clutch play when cold This has been a problem for the past two winters. When it's cold outside, I have excessive clutch play. Once the car warms up, it's back to normal. Summertime and warm weather is no problem. What's wrong here?
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From: Corona CA
Re: Excessive clutch play when cold My car started doing that right before the hydraulics started sticking to the floor after a 1/4mi pass. I don't know if the two are related, but when they replaced my hydraulics (warranty) with 2001 parts, it went away.
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Re: Excessive clutch play when cold Mine does this once in a great while as well. There's about 1" of "nothing" when I first push the clutch in then it feels stiff after that. Only happens when the temps are in the 30's or below and goes away within 1 mile or so of driving. It's probably done this 5 times in the year that I've owned it. Not sure if I should worry? <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0">
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Staging Lane
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From: Centreville, Virginia
Re: Excessive clutch play when cold [quote]Originally posted by CMNTMXR57:
<strong>I'm suffering the same thing right now. I have a feeling it needs bleeding.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'll take a look in my shop manual tonight. I can't figure why cold would affect it. I'm getting real tired of having clutch play that amounts to about 1/2 of the pedal travel in the morning.
<strong>I'm suffering the same thing right now. I have a feeling it needs bleeding.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'll take a look in my shop manual tonight. I can't figure why cold would affect it. I'm getting real tired of having clutch play that amounts to about 1/2 of the pedal travel in the morning.
