Clutch won't come back up

Scott560 · Post by **Scott560** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:14 pm

In my experience Its most likely one of the cylinders rather than anything else.

Assuming your clutch didnt disintegrate overnight, or your fluid leaked out of a whole that magically appeared in a pipe, it'll be the slave or master.

As mentioned , pull back the rubber boot (on both slave at the gearbox end, and on the master in the car). Any sign of leakage and you should replace it. If both are leaking, i would replace them, as chances are it would be only a matter of time before the other one failed.

The gearbox/slave is easy to replace, just 2 bolts, 1 union and a bit of bleeding. Generally not too pricey, under 30quid last time i got one for a civic...

Master is a little trickier because of the location, and sometimes a little pricier. Make sure you get the right one, i've had pattern parts in the past with the wrong kind of fittings that add an extra delay in resolving... Usually easier to take the seat out aswell...

If your fluid is low, it will have been leaking out of one of the cylinders. You might get away with a top up and a re-bleed, but you will only have the same problem again later on.

Post by **derrick1988** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:29 pm

ChrisR wrote:
derrick1988 wrote:It's either slave cylinder gone, clutch spring or master cylinder fault not a master mechanic but had similar problem but was no snap in my case was air in pipes causing lack of pressure.
Was it an easy fix? Hoping its not gonna be anything major :p

yeah just bled brake line through slave cylinder and pressure came back immediately, in you case after saying about fluid there its looking like your master or loose hose I think... im not a mechanic.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:50 pm

Cheers for all the help guys, just gonna throw it down the road to the garage I normally go to, seen abit over my head plus i wouldn't feel to continent about doing it myself

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:39 pm

For anyone who wants to know got the master and slave cylinder replaced as they were both stuffed, clutch feels so light now hard to get use to

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:41 pm

If it feels mega light though, make sure it's been properly bled of air.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:58 pm

wurlycorner wrote:

If it feels mega light though, make sure it's been properly bled of air.

Guy at the garage did it for me so should be fine, only feels as light as my mum's chevy spark so feels fine to me