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Major Clutch/Belt question help :[

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BOC Jason

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Mar 31, 2008
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Ok. So i was driving and my clutch got stuck to the floor and i went to pull it up with my toes because i thought it was sticking from the slave cylinder being new (previous owner said that was the cause...:notgood:) and then i just keep driving.
Well it did it again, only this time is went down and when i pulled it back up it was real loose. and i couldn't change gears. i coasted to a stop and pull my emergency brake and killed my car. i look under the hood and one of my timing belts came off WTF
it was the one closest to the rear of the engine and connected to three different wheels i believe. Could that belt have something to do with my clutch???
It doesn't really make sense to me.
Defiant any ideas? or maybe Steve? :cry:
 
That sounds like your a/c belt shredded. You only have one timing belt. When that one lets go, you know it. Your car instantly dies and won't run any more. Sounds like you have a good leak in the clutch hydraulic system. Find where that's at, fix it, then worry about the A/C belt.
 
Ok i looked at everything after church and the AC belt was off but the reason my clutch went out was do to a leak at my slave cylinder.. =/ Does anyone know what kind of Clutch Fluid it takes? i have some DOT3 in my garage..
thanks
 
Ok i looked at everything after church and the AC belt was off but the reason my clutch went out was do to a leak at my slave cylinder.. =/ Does anyone know what kind of Clutch Fluid it takes? i have so DOT3 in my garage..
thanks

Dot 3 works :thumb: you should look into rebuilding the slave.
 
I would just replace the slave cylinder then bleed and re-check the system. Trying to rebuild those really isn't cost effective.
 
Dot 3 works :thumb: you should look into rebuilding the slave.

Awesome! and the engine was rebuilt before i bought it from the previous owner and there was a new slave cylinder installed =/
i was going to check and see if the guy forgot to tighten everything down because right now i gotta try and save every penny i can.
( i gotta replace o2 sensors, fix oil pan gasket leak, get AC belt installed back on, fix a vacuum leak (which i don't eve know where it's coming from), fix my fuel trim, figure out why it's shooting out blue smoke when i shift sometimes, securely re-attach the oil pressure sender wire, get a flywheel cover, and then make sure that my gears are ok from all of this or see if the were just feeling "loose and clanky" from the clutch losing fluid... )

gotta love your :dsm: :thumb:
 
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