[s-cars] Clutch stopped working

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

 If you have slippage, a master and/or slave cylinder isn't going to solve the problem.  A new clutch will.

Dave

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com>
To: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 2:40 pm
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Clutch stopped working


Sounds like a bad master cylinder. Replace the slave too while you're at it.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On a freeway on-ramp, I tried to shift 2-3 at full throttle, and found the
> clutch was gone.  I managed to get it into 3rd and limped it back home, with
> a lot of creative driving to avoid having to stop or take it out of 3rd.
>  Depressing the clutch did seem to disengage the engine, so it's not 100%
> gone but it's mostly non-functional.  Also, if I remember right, the clutch
> also slipped when I tested it with heavy throttle.
>
> There is some resistance from the clutch pedal, but not much.  It comes
> back up every time I press it.  I don't recall whether there's a spring to
> help pedal return.
>
> II pumped the clutch pedal but no change in behavior.  The brake fluid
> reservoir (which I understand is shared with the clutch) is full, and the
> brakes work fine.
>
> Any idea what this might be?  Blown clutch slave cylinder?  Clutch and
> transmission are stock, with 174k miles.
>
> -Teddy
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