Clutch Fluid

[Albrecht09]

What's up..not sure if any of you would remember, but a few months ago I went through hell with issues with my clutch and had a thread or two on here about it. After 2 clutches, a new master and slave, and hours of adjusting/bleeding, I finally had it fixed and it worked great for ~2 months.

The other day I get in my car and start it, and as I go to back out of my garage, the pedal hits the floor.

So I pop the hood, and sure enough, the fluid reservoir is empty. I checked under the dash where the master cylinder adjustment rod is, and it didn't come out there, nor did I see anywhere along the lines that could of caused the leak. The only spot I noticed was a little wet was where the bolt that holds the line to the slave (I replaced this line with a SS one, and yes have a copper washer on both sides of the line). I have a buddy come over, and we fill the reservoir and proceed to start bleeding the line, and I was paying close attention to the area that was wet to see if it was leaking. Bled the line completely, not a drop leaked anywhere. Drove it for 2 days, and checked the fluid again, and again, no leaks.

My question is, what/why would cause a sudden failure in the system and lose all pressure/fluid, but then hold pressure just fine after refilling/bleeding the system?

 

[obsidian]

The new lines have compression fittings on them. The ones that go from the master to the slave. You may need to tighten those guys up a bit. It's easier for air to get in than fluid to get out.

You said you're losing fluid. Could be after it warms up it comes out while going down the road. Ensure ALL CONNECTIONS are nice and tight!

good luck. These things are a PITA. I dealt with a similar situation awhile back and ended up replacing my slave.

 

[boost97gst]

Clutch lines are a pita. I went with the full line from STM that deletes everything. We bled it in about 1 minute flat . It made the job so easy. Id pay 54 bucks for that anyday. And, it cleaned up the tranny and engine bay by getting rid of that clutter and lines and stuff.

just save yourself the hassle: next time this happens order the stm clutch line kit. Pull the restrictor, bleed it, and youll love it. Im on a 6 puck sprung disc with heavy PP and its very streetable even w no restrictor. Less shit to break is always a good thing bud.

 

[Albrecht09]

The new lines have compression fittings on them. The ones that go from the master to the slave. You may need to tighten those guys up a bit. It's easier for air to get in than fluid to get out.

You said you're losing fluid. Could be after it warms up it comes out while going down the road. Ensure ALL CONNECTIONS are nice and tight!

good luck. These things are a PITA. I dealt with a similar situation awhile back and ended up replacing my slave.

Im not losing fluid now, it was a freak one time incident where it went from perfectly fine, to all fluid gone in a matter of 2-3 pedal pushes, and all I did was put more fluid in and re-bleed it and there is no leaks anywhere.