Sinking clutch pedal...

[Stephen Kormilo]

At 08:14 AM 19/07/04 -0400, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:

> >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.

Could be either.  On my ex-Rx7, it was the slave.

Were it my car, I would be inclined to replace both, which I did on the 
Rx7. Once one fails, the other is often not far behind, and you only have 
to bleed the system once ;-)



Stephen Kormilo
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA

Silver 2002 Audi A4 3.0QM
Now departed:   Silver '98.5 Audi A4 2.8QM
                            Black '85 Mazda Rx7 GSL-SE

email: stephen at kormilo.ca