clutch no bleed???

[Dupree, Jim]

I had the exact same problem when I did the clutch on my 4kq. It turned out
to be the clutch master cylinder. I used the pressure bleeder to force fluid
backwards from the clutch slave (new) to the loosened line on the clutch
master cylinder so I could drive the car home from the shop that night. It's
the pits when you work on you ride home and don't have all the parts. I
replaced the supply hose from the reservoir to the master cylinder and the
pressure hose from the master cylinder to the slave. These did not fix it. I
then replaced the master cylinder, fixed.
Thanks
Jim Dupree
1984 4ksq
1985 4ksq

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	JOHN BANDY [mailto:bandybrew1 at yahoo.com]
Sent:	Monday, March 11, 2002 10:04 PM
To:	quattro at audifans.com
Subject:	clutch no bleed???

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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