clutch no bleed???

[Brian Devlin]

The clutch pedal creates quite bit more pressure than the 20 psi from
the bleeder, maybe you need that much to move the sludge. If it's
that bad I'd just remove the bleeder and let everything flow out,
chunks and all. Then you can clean or replace the bleeder.
The other possibility is that pressure is not getting from the MC
reservoir to the clutch master, but that seems unlikely.
-Brian

>Listers,
>    So the clutch in the 80Q has been soft lately so I thought a bleed
>with fresh fluid would restore it's function. Well I hook up the
>pressure bleeder, get it all pumped up to 20psi, put clear tube on
>bleeder screw, open bleeder and nothing happens. Not a single drop
>comes  out. What the???!!! Then I push the clutch pedal down with the
>bleeder open it goes to the floor and stays. Now I check the bleeder
>tube and it's full brown mud and air, good, bleeder not clogged. Return
>the pedal by hand and still no flow at the bleeder. So I close the
>bleeder and try the clutch, dead straight to the floor and stays.
>    The system is full air and will not bleed, what gives?  Clogged/dead
>clutch master or clogged supply hose?
>   Thanks for all responses,
>
>John
>'89 90Q
>'88 80Q
>'87 Scirocco 16v
>'88 5KS
>
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