Figure this one out.

[Orange_dsm]

I bought a 90 talon TSi AWD and just replaced the clutch about 1000 miles ago, worked fine. Then I had the transfercase recall done, trans. case leaked. So I had the rear yoke and carrier bearings replaced, worked fine for about 700 miles.
Went out to start the car and the starter would not engage. So, I put it in gear pushed it back and forth and it stated. On my way home (about an hour drive) and it starts to get really hard to put it into gear (really grinding). All of a suddon lose all clutch pressure and car starts making horrible grinding noises. Looked under the car, oil (looks to be tranny)everywhere. Now the car trys to stall if you push the clutch in. And if you keep it from stalling (by holding down the gas), it will not go into any gear, only grinds. If you hold down the gas and jam it into gear the car will leap forward and stall!
The clutch pressure is back.

What happend?

 

[Quasimondo]

You sure that was oil? It might've been fluid from the clutch slave cylinder. If that goes, your clutch won't be working and you're not going to be able to shift w/o mass grinding of your tranny.

 

[Orange_dsm]

No, the slave and master are both new also. And the master is still full of oil. The pool under the car is about 4 feet in diameter, and the don't think the transfercase can hold that much. So I'm thinking it has to be tranny oil.

 

[painmaster]

Not sure how you could lose clutch pressure if your master and slave are functioning correctly, unless something in your bell housing shifted. You need to get under there and find out where the oil is coming from, and make sure the slave is working correctly.

Good luck

 

[Cirus_93TSI]

i would also suggest droppig the tranny and checking the bell housing area.
the clutch issues seem very similar to what happened when my buddy broke the clutch release fork in his 2g. we replaced the master cylinder twice, and the slave also, adjusted the clutch pedal as far out as we could, and bleed the lines at least a dozen times. and the clutch still felt like there was little or no pressure, and it wouldnt go into gear without alot of grinding(with double syncroed gears).
turned out 1 of the 2 clutch fork points(its a U shape) was snapped off about a half inch from the end. so when the clutch was depressed the fork didnt catch correctly and because only 1 point was there it just flexed instead of disengaging the clutch, even though everything hydrolic was working correctly.

but i would think something happened that you havent realized yet, because your clutch going out isnt going to make your tranny leak, and having no trans fluid shouldnt make your clutch stop working. your best bet is to drop the tranny to identify the actual problem.

 

[Quasimondo]

Checking the bellhousing is a good idea like what cirus said. When my tranny case cracked, I had similar problems too, replaced clutch master and slave cylinders, but with the bad housing, the release fork was actually pushing against the transmission. I could see the transmission move every time the pedal was pushed in and out when I checked under the car. It was also leaking gear oil around the cracks.

 

[Orange_dsm]

Originally posted by Quasimondo
but with the bad housing, the release fork was actually pushing against the transmission.

I think that might be the problem. I haven't gotten the tranny out of the car yet, but I see a crack on the top of the bellhousing. Although that still doesn't explain the oil.