Lost all clutch pressure, please help.

[NoMoreWRXorSRT]

SO,
I was having some troubles with my clutch. Some of you were keeping up with my thread on how i thought my clutch was acting up and it needed breaking in and yada yada. Well, i live in Virginia and was driving to New York last night, and I had been riding on cruise control for about 45 minutes. I came upon some traffic and decided to take it outta gear and coast. Thats when it happened. The clutch went straight to the floor. Like, with no resistance and the rpms didnt change. So i couldnt take it outta gear, was 250 miles from NY or VA. I pulled over and checked the clutch fluid and it was fine. SO the only way to get it back into gear and get myself back to VA consisted of lots of turning off the car, putting it into 1st, cranking it and gassing it and trying not to die. Its like the clutch doesnt exist. A pedal that isnt connected to anything. I would have had it towed had i not been soo far from the house. I took it to the trans place this morning. Any guesses on whats going on? Lets get some estimates and suggestions here.

 

[bushy]

Did you check to see if your master cylinder was leaking?

Due to the weird engagement, id say your master or slave have went out. I'd recommend just swapping both cylinders with new OEM ones. Also, what kind of clutch is in the car? Did you remember to check the placement of the clutch fork against the pressure plate?

 

[bluetlr2001]

Could be acouple of things. Either your clutch master cylinder or slave cylinder went out. Or it could be your pressure plate took a dump on you. Because if your clutch disk went out you would still have resistance from the pressure plate i believe.

 

[NoMoreWRXorSRT]

Hyperdrive C2 Street/Strip Full Clutch Kit
Hyperdrive racing flywheel

 

[kwAlk23]

You could try looking under the dash at the clutch pedal and see if your master is leaking. It defiantly sounds like its the master or slave cylinder to me.

 

[teenvette77]

I had this exact problem while i was down in Ft. Myers this spring break. I was freaking out because i didnt have much money and home is in michigan. Turns out it was the slave cylinder, $30 at autozone. Like kwalk23 said, check the master for fluid down by the clutch as well. Good luck with the problem.

 

[oldman]

Possibly a broken shift fork.

 

[bushy]

Possibly a broken shift fork.

You mean clutch fork?

 

[oldman]

You mean clutch fork?

Yes I did, thank you.

 

[thekellbeast]

The same thing happened to my dad when he was driving my Talon back from Baltimore. It turns out that the line was leaking right near the stock 'resevoir' thing. I replaced the entire line from the master to slave, and haven't had a problem until now, when my entire clutch just went out on me.

 

[NoMoreWRXorSRT]

So what about the thing rattling around in my tranny that sounds like a cat toy?

 

[NoMoreWRXorSRT]

so this thread was originally titled "And then there was none." Dont think our mod up there liked it

 

[oldman]

so this thread was originally titled "And then there was none." Dont think our mod up there liked it

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[NoMoreWRXorSRT]

Youre right about the more accurate responses and what not. However, my punctuation was more than applicable so I dont understand why that was highlighted in your quoted reply. Oh well, theres a reason this is the newbie thread. Im a forum newbie. = laugh out loud or laugh on line

 

[Smoke777x]

Wow man i feel your pain, I had the same proble except on mine i could pull the pedal back up and it would work if i pressed the pedal fast. It turned out to be the master cylinder. Its probably the same on yours, either the master or the slave cylinder.