Clutch pressure trouble

[stickesi]

I have a 1995 esi and recently I lost the fluid in the resevior by the master cylinder. I filled the resevior up and drove the car home and it was empty again by the time I got home. It sat for 3 weeks and I decided to fill it up again to check for a leak. When I filled it up there was no leak and I pumped the clutch up and took it for a drive. The pedal felt like it wasn't holding pressure and I would have to pump it up a few times in between gears to shift and it was a pain. I haven't done anything else to it. I called a transmission shop and the owner told me it sounded like the master cylinder was bad. I then priced out a master cylinder and was planning to fix it this weekend and now the car is holding pressure and fluid...what could have cause this. I didn't bleed the clutch or change anything.

 

[AllShallPerish]

Your master or slave cylinder is bad. You should replace them both.

 

[stickesi]

Yeah, I just realized it is the master cylinder. I have fluid on the inside of my car so that will be the project for this weekend.