[A4] Clutch Woes - Round 3

[Richard Andrews]

agreed but the slave wont put brake fluid anywhere need the paint,

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Tom Christiansen <tomchr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Careful with that... Hydraulic fluid is supposedly really good for
> stripping
> paint. You really don't want to test that hypothesis on the paint job of
> your car.
>
> Tom
>
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Richard Hurt <rnhurt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > OK,
> >
> > I have my power bleeder built (yea!) and have given it a test run without
> > much success (boo!).  I had a few small leaks which I've (hopefully)
> fixed
> > and now I'm must waiting for the stuff to dry.  I do have a couple of
> > questions about the procedure though.  I used 10PSI just for a test and
> the
> > reservoir enlarged quite a bit under the pressure.  Is this normal?  What
> > happens when you pump it up to the recommended 30PSI?  Will it hold!?
> >  Also,
> > I didn't get any fluid out of the slave at all.  I know its a low
> pressure
> > but I thought I might see something come out.  Do I have to pump the
> pedal
> > when pressure bleeding?
> >
> > Thanx!
> >  Richard
> > *
> > Man, I don't want to blow up my reservoir...  That would suck!!!*
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:49 PM, richard valasek <rrv53 at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Richard: You definitely need to power bleed the system--nothing esle
> will
> > > work--believe me I tried with ruined parts as a result.
> > > Richard
> > > 98 A$ 1.8tq
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hurt" <rnhurt at gmail.com>
> > > To: "Nicholas Stock" <nickstock at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: "A4 Mailing List" <a4 at audifans.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:30 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [A4] Clutch Woes - Round 2
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Thanks for the feedback.  I can confirm that there is no nipple on the
> > >> master cylinder as I just replaced it and have the old one to
> reference.
> > >> Bleeding from the slave nipple is what the Bentley recommends, however
> > it
> > >> says to use the Audi power bleeder pumped up to 32 psi and open the
> > slave
> > >> nipple and let 100cc of fluid out.  Almost all of my past vehicles
> have
> > >> recommended the pressure bleeder but none of them has required it.  I
> > have
> > >> always been able to manual method it - until now.
> > >>
> > >> Thanx!
> > >>  Richard
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Nicholas Stock <nickstock at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  Richard, on my 2000 A4 1.8T, there was a nipple on the top of the
> > gearbox
> > >>> housing which I believe was the master cylinder bleed (I could be
> > >>> wrong..but
> > >>> fluid definitely came out under pressure, it's been a while!). I used
> a
> > >>> motive power bleeder when doing my brakes and bled the clutch at the
> > same
> > >>> time (probably not that necessary..but I thought, what the hell...).
> I
> > >>> purchased the motive power bleeder from ECS tuning, but I'm sure you
> > can
> > >>> find it elsewhere...hope this helps!
> > >>> Does the Bentley not indicate where the clutch bleed is?
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards,
> > >>>
> > >>> Nick
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Richard Hurt <rnhurt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>  OK, I just replaced both the master & slave clutch cylinders on my
> '98
> > Q
> > >>>> 30v
> > >>>> and boy was it fun!  The master was by far the hardest and took a
> > couple
> > >>>> of
> > >>>> hours.  The secret to my installation was to use the firewall
> > seal/steel
> > >>>> washer off of the old master.  The new seal was too big for me to
> get
> > in
> > >>>> properly.  I'm talking about the seal that goes around the main line
> > >>>> against
> > >>>> the firewall - it only keeps out the rain and drafts and should be
> > fine
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> use the old one.  The slave was really not too bad at all.  I took
> off
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> drivers side front tire and had my Dad guide me in.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Now for the big question: how the hell do you bleed the clutch
> > >>>> system!?!?!
> > >>>> We tried the old 2-man manual method but didn't get anywhere.  We
> also
> > >>>> tried
> > >>>> the tube in a mason jar method with about the same results.  I
> looked
> > a
> > >>>> little bit on-line and it seems like our cars (+ SAAB & Volvo)
> require
> > a
> > >>>> pressure bleeder.  You can't use a vacuum bleeder because it just
> > sucks
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> juice out of the master cylinder and I know that the manual method
> > >>>> doesn't
> > >>>> work.  All we got were some light puffs of air coming out of the
> > system
> > >>>> but
> > >>>> the pedal still drops right to the floor with no resistance at all.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Can anybody point me in the right direction here?  Any
> recommendations
> > >>>> on
> > >>>> a
> > >>>> pressure bleeder?  How about a DIY model?  The manual says it needs
> a
> > >>>> pressure of 32 psi but that seems quite high to me.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanx!
> > >>>>  Richard
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