[Vwdiesel] Caddy brakes

[Tad]

For the clutch,what's the behavior exactly?  If the clutch becomes hard to
engage, acts like it's not disengaging fully, it could be a worn clutch
pivot point or bent/broken pressure plate finger.

For the Caddy with the sinking pedal... another thought is the brake
booster could be bad.  I hear that can make the pedal drop too.

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if that's the problem that my sister's car is having. It's a
> Pontiac, but a hydraulic clutch is a hydraulic clutch, I would think.
> She seems to get some air in there and need the clutch to be bled,
> even though the reservoir still has fluid and I don't see any leaks
> anywhere. I replaced the master cylinder a few months ago and have had
> to bleed it once for her since then. I don't live near her, so I don't
> get a chance to work on it very much. That will change in a couple
> weeks, though.
>
> Is there anything else it can really be? It seems to me that either
> the master cylinder is bad, or there's an air leak into the system.
> But I'm surprised that there isn't a corresponding fluid leak out if
> air is getting in. I'm puzzled by it and will likely be working on it
> before too long if it continues to have the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:
> > What Loren said... if the pedal is dropping and you don't see fluid
> leaking
> > out somewhere, it must be leaking past the master cylinder piston.
> >
> > I had a similar issue with a clutch master once.. replaced it, problem
> > wasn't fixed, spent ages trying to find the "real problem"... well the
> real
> > problem was the new clutch master was bad too!
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:26 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> i have no clue why it wont hold pressure.
> >> t feels good, then it drops to the floor after a min or so.
> >> ump and its good then bleeds pressure again.
> >>
> >> nyone have any suggestions
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  From what I've always been told and seen, if you hold the pedal and it
> >> slowly sinks then you have a bad master cylinder.  Best way I've seen to
> >> "ruin" a new MC is to push the pedal all the way down while doing the
> >> initial bleeding.  You can pump to bleed but don't push the pedal much
> over
> >> half way.
> >>  If it simply had a low pedal then I'd pull the parking brake on halfway
> >> and see what it feels like then.  That's the issue I'm dealing with now.
> >>  Either worn shoes, drum or both.  One of these days I'll take the drums
> >> off and see.  Busy moving a house, doing brakes on a Hesston crawler
> along
> >> with all the usual crap right now.  :-P
> >>    Loren
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