911 need help on a problem with my DD beater !!!!
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911 need help on a problem with my DD beater !!!! Hey guys I have a 92 BMW 318i 5spd , the car has been running great till now .. Last night I used the car and it worked perfect no problems ! But this morning I went to start the car and went to step on the clutch and the pedal had no pressure (usually firm clutch) and when I try to put the car in gear I put the clutch to the floor and it doesn't go into gear but when I turn off the car and I put it in first with the car off it goes, then I start the car and take off since its in first it shifts to second and the gears it's just really hard but at a complete stop while the cars on it does not shift into gear , only when the car is in motion it shifts into gear !! I am thinking its the clutch , this is my first stick car so this is all new to me , but it has to do with the clutch or the hydro licks or something ... Please guys any info would be great !
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Hey guys I have a 92 BMW 318i 5spd , the car has been running great till now .. Last night I used the car and it worked perfect no problems ! But this morning I went to start the car and went to step on the clutch and the pedal had no pressure (usually firm clutch) and when I try to put the car in gear I put the clutch to the floor and it doesn't go into gear but when I turn off the car and I put it in first with the car off it goes, then I start the car and take off since its in first it shifts to second and the gears it's just really hard but at a complete stop while the cars on it does not shift into gear , only when the car is in motion it shifts into gear !! I am thinking its the clutch , this is my first stick car so this is all new to me , but it has to do with the clutch or the hydro licks or something ... Please guys any info would be great !
if it's empty, fill it, and pump the clutch pedal a few times. this should get you enough pressure to be able to find out where it all leaked out to.
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Have someone go in the bottom of the car while u push the clutch. See if the slave moves, check for any leaks. If slave won't move and it's not leaking mostlikly your master just took a dump.
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Yeah the reservoir is the same as the brake fluid resivor :/ ? So I filled it to where it is supposed to be at and pumped a few times and it works .. But I kept pumping and the fluid level was going down and I saw a air bubble everytime I pumped the clutch , so I am assuming leak? But I couldn't see any fluid leaking just saw the level go lower I drove it about 4 miles to a buddys house and it was shifting fine just the clutch felt a lil softer .. So I am assuming a leak ? Or can it be something else ?
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Yeah the reservoir is the same as the brake fluid resivor :/ ? So I filled it to where it is supposed to be at and pumped a few times and it works .. But I kept pumping and the fluid level was going down and I saw a air bubble everytime I pumped the clutch , so I am assuming leak? But I couldn't see any fluid leaking just saw the level go lower I drove it about 4 miles to a buddys house and it was shifting fine just the clutch felt a lil softer .. So I am assuming a leak ? Or can it be something else ?
your best bet is going to be to get it to your mechanic, and have it checked out, before it leaves you stranded somewhere.
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you've definitely got a leak somewhere. the fluid level was going down though, due to the fact that as you pumped the pedal you were refilling the line, and the clutch slave cylinder.
your best bet is going to be to get it to your mechanic, and have it checked out, before it leaves you stranded somewhere.
your best bet is going to be to get it to your mechanic, and have it checked out, before it leaves you stranded somewhere.
