SportinWood
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- Feb 9, 2003
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Bellingham,
Washington
Ok here goes.... my clutch gradually goes to the floor only on the highway.......
I replaced the slave and lower line once when it blew there, ran it for a week, long drive into town, then raced around town for like 3 hours...... get on the highway and 3 hours later it slowly fades again..... replace the lower line(fluid blew out again....) Blew again on the way back home(8 hour trip) left it at mitsubishi and said fix it. They replaced the slave again, all of the hardlines, the little cylinder thingy, and the master cylinder. 2 weeks later, today, I get it back and drive it home (fife-spokane) feels fine, goes out over the pass. Get to auction to park it.... open hood, pop cap, no fluid gone. go to clutch and its halfway out after getting stuck on the ground. pump it once and its fine, perfect pressure ect..... confused... drove home (30 miles) and the whole time it was perfectly fine.... i have an aftermarket DP that does not have a heat shield on it.... the slave is near... could it possibly be that on long trips my car heats up a little more and at constant rpms produces constant heat. Could the fluid get too heated and thin/thicken??? I have no clue, their mechanic of quite some time cant figure it out. Anyone else have this problem??
Please I'm going mad!!
I replaced the slave and lower line once when it blew there, ran it for a week, long drive into town, then raced around town for like 3 hours...... get on the highway and 3 hours later it slowly fades again..... replace the lower line(fluid blew out again....) Blew again on the way back home(8 hour trip) left it at mitsubishi and said fix it. They replaced the slave again, all of the hardlines, the little cylinder thingy, and the master cylinder. 2 weeks later, today, I get it back and drive it home (fife-spokane) feels fine, goes out over the pass. Get to auction to park it.... open hood, pop cap, no fluid gone. go to clutch and its halfway out after getting stuck on the ground. pump it once and its fine, perfect pressure ect..... confused... drove home (30 miles) and the whole time it was perfectly fine.... i have an aftermarket DP that does not have a heat shield on it.... the slave is near... could it possibly be that on long trips my car heats up a little more and at constant rpms produces constant heat. Could the fluid get too heated and thin/thicken??? I have no clue, their mechanic of quite some time cant figure it out. Anyone else have this problem??
Please I'm going mad!!