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Re: Clutch losing it's prime overnight
Posted by lars tomasson (more from lars tomasson) on Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:33:41
In Reply to: Re: Clutch losing it's prime overnight, Tom, Tue, 2 Aug 2005 06:10:18
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I had the same problem. The slave cylinder was the culprit. If you are finding clear liquid under the car dripping out of the bell housing then it is definetly the slave. Smell the liquid. Brake fluid smells different than engine oil or power steering fluid. Your master is probably fine. Remember to fill the resivoir to the top since there is an internal devider between the clutch portion and the brake portion (on a 93 TCS at least), so it can look full but the clutch resivoir will be empty.
The accumulater will bleed down and refill the resivoir when the care is parked for an extended period, so if you fill it to the top with the accumulater full, it will later over flow. You can discharge the accumulater by pushing on the pedal about 20 times with the ignition off and then refill/bleed/flush from that point. That way you won't get too much fluid in the resivoir which will cause a later over flow.
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