[V6-12v] Clutch Problem

[mike]

In the UK I'm sure the V6 cars had the infamous bomb,
mine certainly had the two stage pump but anyway I
didn’t think the bomb had anything to do with the
clutch


--- Brian O'Neill <briano_72 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> the v6 cars did not have a bomb, thank goodness !!
> sounds like a clutch  slave cylinder. im not sure if
> you have to remove the trans, i have  never heard of
> a car that you did thou for that. or maybe you
> popped  the hydralic line that works it ?? is there
> fliud under your car ?? and  is your brake master
> cylinder full ?? that is where it gets its fliud 
> from.
>   
>                                                     
>      brian o'
>   
> 
> The CyberPoet <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net> wrote: 
> The list has been slowly dying as fewer people keep
> their Audi's past  
> 10-15 years...
> I don't have the solution to your clutch issue,
> although I suspect it  
> relates to the hydraulic pressure container (the
> "bomb") in some way.
> 
> Cheers
> =-= Marc
> 
> On Oct 25, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Casimiro Izquierdo
> wrote:
> 
> > My 1995 model 90s stick shift Audi, non-quattro,
> V6 engine, has  
> > developed some clutch problems.  The pedal will go
> down and stay  
> > down and the car cannot be shifted.  Last night I
> drove it in first  
> > gear for about 1.5 miles to my home from where my
> wife got stuck in  
> > the middle of rush hour.
> >
> > A friend said that it was probably a master
> cylinder problem in the  
> > transmission assembly.  As suggested, I lifted the
> pedal and pumped  
> > it and the pedal will stay up for a bit, but after
> a few shifts it  
> > goes down and stays down and I have to repeat the
> maneuver again.   
> > To fix this he said that the transmission had to
> come off.  Since  
> > the car already has close to 131,000 miles he
> suggested that the  
> > clutch should be changed at the same time.  He
> also said that the  
> > active fluid in this transmission master cylinder
> is the brake fluid.
> >
> > Am I getting the correct diagnosis for this
> problem?  Apparently to  
> > fix this could cost between $1200 and $1500, so
> before I hand the  
> > car over to have it fixed I would like to know a
> bit more about  
> > this problem.
> >
> > By the way, I have not been receiving any e-mails
> from anyone in  
> > trouble for about three months.  Has this board
> been so inactive?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > cai
> >
> >
> >
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