Rejckt

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Okay guys I havn't found many results via searching but there is a drop in fluid level in my clutch fluid reservoir. There is fluid around the tranny casing.

I'm thinking it's the slave cylinder as the master cylinder is only a few months old. Anyone with similar experience?

Secondly, does anyone have a plastic rubber thing + a plastic lid inside their clutch fluid reservoir or do you just have the reservoir and the cap. I've dropped the plastic lid + rubber thing inside the engine bay but don't really see a necessary purpose for it. I don't really feel like paying $15 for it either =/

OperationDarkie

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if im not mistaken that is what helps keep pressure by making a seal for the master cylinder, buy the damn top already or keep losing fluid and possibly break something.

Rejckt

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i just lost it 5 mins ago filling the fluid up.

phee

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slave cylinder. make sure everything is tight. all the metal lines etc

cb717cls

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yes i have the rubber nipped looking thing don't know what its used for either. Where is the fluid on the tranny case? there is one metal line going from the slave cylinder to the clutch dampener if it is still installed. pump the clutch a few times then follow the line with your hand and see if there is brake fluid anywhere on it. if its the line its on like 10 from acura. then there is one going from the clutch dampener to the master cylinder. also check where it attaches to the Slave cylinder make sure its tight.

Rejckt

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It's leaking so slow, (1 drop per day or something) that I couldn't find where the source of the leak was... But today, all the fluid just disappeared as I was returning home from work. I found the rubber/plastic thing inside the engine bay so that's not a problem anymore. It's too cold to work on the car (32 degrees with no garage, only a driveway) So it looks like I will get a new slave cylinder since it isn't too pricy and ask the shop to check for leaks.

cb717cls

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slave cylinder is 2 bolts and the attaching of the metal line you can probably take care of that in a friend garage or something.

fsttyms1

Where about is it leaking?

fsttyms1

If its by #9 then odds are its the slave. I have had a few go bad on hondas in the past.

Rejckt

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So I started bleeding the brakes and I find massive air bubbles...
(one person pump clutch and depress all the way down, the other turns bleeder screw on) and after a while we figured we werent going anywhere since the clutch stays stuck on the bottom.. so we take a break. we go back to try again and now the fluid wont even come out at all. The fluid was topped off at all times with the cap on.

Can anyone help me figure this out? I can't even put the car in gear anymore and I'd really like to not have to call a tow truck and get it to a shop.

friesm2000

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so did you pull the pedal back up, after you bleed it some, cause you gotta bleed it a couple of times to get all the air out and not just once, otherwise when you push the pedal you are just compressing the air instead of the clutch itself

Rejckt

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correct me if im wrong, but which is the right way to bleed a clutch since i'm 100% sure I'm doing it wrong (no fluid coming out at all, but i hear air)

1) depress clutch
2) loosen bleeder valve
3) pull clutch up
4) tighten valve

or is it

1) depress clutch
2) loosen bleeder valve
3) tighten valve
4) pull clutch up

friesm2000

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otherwise you will just suck the air right back into it, if tightened afterwards


also you have to do it a couple of times before you will actually start getting fluid out (gotta "purge" the air out first)

Rejckt

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Okay so, after realizing that is too much air in the system to even purge it. I went ahead and bought a hand vaccum bleeder.

After draining and bleeding the system. (clutch pedal up, vacc'd all fluid until no air (took forever)

And the pedal still sinks straight down to the ground!!!

friesm2000

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try again with the manual bleeding, cause there may be some air pockets left (does not take much air to give a shitty pedal)

but you may also have a bad master cylinder too, cause normally it is best to replace them in sets, cause it is such a small system, and debris can easily travel from one to the other (doing the rubber hose does not hurt ethier)

Rejckt

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6spd swap was done with new master cyl like 3 months ago.

I have a big feeling air is trapped in the slave cylinder.

friesm2000

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never said that , but also where is the new slave from??? honda??? if so good , but it could always be a bad slave though, they do sometimes f***up

but yeah as i said before try manually bleeding it some more (while making sure the reservoir never goes empty)
also make sure all the line fittings are snug too, otherwise air could potentaly get in or a leak happens

friesm2000

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also are you at least getting some type of pedal (like just mushy), or is it still just going striaght to the floor


also depending on how empty the master got when you changed the slave, that might also need to be bleed directly there too

Rejckt

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i just ordered the new slave cylinder. I am currently using one that came with the tranny (used)

The pedal goes straight to the floor and stays there.

friesm2000

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then you might indeed have a bad slave cylinder, and if so, not much you can do till you get the new one

also when you pull back the rubber boot on the slave, do you see fluid there, cause there should be none