Sinking clutch pedal...

[Pat Korach]

Probably a clutch MC.  It happened to me last summer in my 89 200TQ only
when it got hot out.  The hotter the temp. got outside the harder it was to
disengage the clutch.  Finally when it got 105 degrees out it would not go
into gear at all.  When the car cooled down everything worked as normal.  My
theory is, it's worse with a aluminum MC because it expands more than a cast
iron one, and the piston gets easier.   Well anyway I replaced mine with a
new cast iron one I got off of e-bay for cheap.  Now problem since then.

Pat Korach
Kirkland, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Ankney" <ankneys at hotmail.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:13 PM
Subject: Sinking clutch pedal...


> Guys,
>
> Got stuck in a traffic jam on the way to the annual ACCNA Michigan picnic
> yesterday.
>
> After about 45 minutes of crawling along at 2 mph in heavy traffic, the
> clutch pedal on my 5ktq began to not fully come back up every couple of
> shifts.
>
> It would stop about an inch before the top and then slowly rise. On a
couple
> of occasins it stayed down to the floor and I had to lift it up with my
> foot.
>
> I was thinking it is a bad clutch master cylinder. I got down in the
> footwell and looked for any drippage, etc.
>
> I found nothing to indicate it's leaking.
>
> Is it possible it's the slave cylinder? How do those usually fail?
>
> My gut tells me it's the Clutch MC.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Steve
>
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