Clutch - master? and slave?

[radek at istar.ca]

Britt,

I had exactly the same problem a couple of weeks ago in my 90Q.  I replaced both, master
and slave and guess what - the problem was still there.  The pedal would not return.  It
turns out
the clutch had do be bled properly - by "properly" I mean either pressure bleeding or
"reverse" bleeding whereby you use the brakes to push fluid backwards through the clutch
lines.  The
procedure is well documented, just search the archives.  You might as well try a quick fix
by bleeding the system first - perhaps all you have is air in the clutch lines.  On the
other hand, if air
is in the system, it had to get there somehow so fook for leaks.  Good luck.

Radek
1991 V8Q 5-sp
1988 90Q

>  Message: 13
>  From: "Britt Crowell" <britt at fortcollins.com>
>  To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>  Subject: Clutch - master? and slave?
>  Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:03:46 -0600

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>  My Audi 1988 5000 TQ had the clutch petal stay on the floor today.
>  The clutch wont disengage. (woo hoo i was close to home)
>  When you pull the the petal up it will stay up, but if you tap it a little it will go
on
>  its own all the way to the floor.
>  So with 4 audis I've never have a master/slave clutch problem before.
>  Which one is it?
>  Should i just do both?
>  Best (cheapest) place to get the parts.
>  Thanks

>  Britt
Crowell