Hydraulic clutch question

[Kneale Brownson]

You will find that this "rare" behavior becomes more and more common.  My
5ktq took several months from occasional to nonfunctional.  Replaced both
the master and slave.  One hint:  When it stops responding to pulling up
with your toe, you sometimes can get it to work for a while by "pumping"
the clutch pedal by hand.

At 06:11 PM 8/9/2004 -0400, ian at bluemoon.hplx.net wrote:
>Good evening.
>
>I have a question regarding the clutch in my '88 5Kq.  Twice in the six
>months I've owned it, there's been a very strange, non-repetitive behavior
>of the clutch pedal.  The first I had sort-of discounted because I was
>teaching a friend to drive stick at the time.  The second, months later
>(just yesterday, in fact) was while I was driving; I went to push in the
>clutch, and met a slight, normal amount of resistance, then nothing at all
>as the pedal sunk to the floor and stayed there.
>
>I was displeased, obviously, since I was in line to get on the freeway
>when this happened.  But I hooked under the pedal with my foot, lifted it
>back up, and it worked again as though nothing had happened.  I used to
>have an '86 CGT, and when its clutch slave went out, I got partial
>functionality for a little while before it stopped working forever.  I've
>heard that if the master goes, it's catastrophic.  But never "Oh, once
>every few months it goes to the floor, then works immediately thereafter
>for all eternity."  What gives?
>
>ian Butler / ian at bluemoon.hplx.net
>'88 Audi 5000S quattro
>'88 VW Scirocco 16v
>'77 Mercury Marquis (for sale)
>
>_______________________________________________
>quattro mailing list
>quattro at audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro