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Old 07-22-2007 | 09:25 PM
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Angry Need help to diagnose leak from bottom of bellhousing!

I just did the drill mod, and i bench bled the master. I then plugged in the the fitting into the slave (i heard a click, but there is still some play). I went to bleed the system and as I was bleeding it seemed that all the brake fluid was leaking out of the bottom of the bellhousing. As of now, I believe either the connection is messed up with the slave, or just the slave needs to be replaced.

Can anyone help me out?
Old 07-22-2007 | 09:32 PM
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There will be some play once the quick disconnect is conected its just the way they are. As long as it clicked your fine. As for the leaking fluid it could be a leaking slave.
Old 07-22-2007 | 09:36 PM
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well i continued to bleed the system as it was leaking everywhere and the pedal was not getting and pressure. Another thing is that i bled the system a couple of weeks ago and there was no leaks, so i am still very confused
Old 07-23-2007 | 05:49 PM
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ttt....
Old 07-24-2007 | 09:13 AM
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Slave is leaking from inside the tranny. Sucks b/c mine is doing the same. Drop the tranny and replace.
Old 07-24-2007 | 09:38 AM
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When you are bleeding the slave the bled fluid drains out the bottom of the bellhousing. Sounds normal to me. Keep bleeding it until pedal pressure comes back.
Old 07-25-2007 | 09:05 PM
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i bled it about 30 times and there is no difference in pedal pressure...and all the fluid in the reservoir is gone (which means all of it is on the ground from leaking!)
Old 07-26-2007 | 09:23 AM
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Sounds like you are doing it wrong. All the fluid will leave the reservoir. You have to refill it. If you keep cracking the bleeder after the reservoir is empty, you are just introducing more air into the system and you will never get any pedal pressure.

Fill the reservoir to the line.
Put the cap back on
Have someone else pump the clutch 3-5 times and hold it down on the last pump.
You open the bleeder. It only takes 1/4-1/2 a turn to crack it open.
Leave the bleeder open for a couple seconds.
Tighten the bleeder fitting.
Have your friend release the clutch and start the pumping again.
Repeat the bleed procedure.
Check the reservoir and top it off

FWIW, when I replaced my master and slave, I spent a solid hour bleeding the air out. My reservior would empty after 3 bleeding cycles, so every 3 cracks of the bleeder, I had to crawl out from under the car and refill the reservoir.

Fluid will end up on the ground, it has to go somewhere. When you bleed the system you are simply venting the pressure in the system. That takes the air out, but fluid also comes with it.
Old 07-26-2007 | 10:58 AM
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also make sure you do not strip out the bleeder valve on the slave.... its easy to do by over tightening every time you bleed/purge the system
Old 07-22-2011 | 07:58 PM
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hey man i am having the same problem i had clutch pedal pressure at first then once i started bleeding it it started leaking and i lost clutch pressure and i replaced my salve cylinder so im thinking its my quick disconnect line




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