Check your transmission fluid. If it's low, you could have a leak.
Try it again when the car is in your driveway. Give the clutch a few pumps and then check to see if you're not leaking transmission fluid.
If there's no leaks and the fluid is at a normal level, I'd say the Clutch Master Cylinder likely needs to be replaced.
Pushing the pedal pushes the piston in the cylinder. If the seal on this cylinder is bad, the fluid slowly leaks around the seal and the pedal goes soft. "Pumping it up" circulates fluid through the system and gets a normal amount of fluid "under" the piston again, so it feels better again, but when you press, it starts all over again.
Good luck!
The clutch hydraulic system has a problem-either the clutch master cylinder or the slave cylinder on the bell housing may be at fault.
If the brake fluid is low in the clutch master cylinder reservoir, there may be a leak to the outside. Refill and check for leaks while someone pumps the clutch pedal. Check around the clutch master cylinder (also under the dash- if wet there around the top of the clutch pedal or if wet on the carpet below the pedal, the master cylinder is leaking.) Check the single line from the clutch master to the bell housing where the slave cylinder is. If no leaks found, likely the clutch master cylinder or the slave cylinder has failed internally.
Is it safe: there won't be any further damage caused by running it, but if shifting gets harder and harder to do, that may cause a driveability problem.
SOURCE: 2001 ford ranger clutch
have you check the slave cylinder to see if its moving when someone puts there foot on the clutch.
And check the adjustment on the master cylinder.
SOURCE: I have a 2002 renault
As you say it is possible to refill the sealed type of hydraulic clutch pipes fitted to the laguna with a little care from the dry break joint mounted on the gear box housing. The problem being that a little air in the system becomes compressible unlike the hydraulic fluid. This air bubble rises to one of the two high points within the master cylinder pipe run where it can't escape. (1), By releasing the pipe within the engine bay (gearbox dry break joint to bulkhead) and holding it upwards in a straight-ish line to enable the air to rise to the top, before refilling. (2), just above the master cylinder the pipe goes up and over the brake pedal shaft (RHD cars) before running below this shaft to the left hand side of the bulkhead where it passes through to the engine bay.
Note I was also lucky enough to break the plastic ball joint on the clutch master cylinder to pedal. For this I was able to fabricate one out of metal which should be more substantial than the original.
Regards
SOURCE: my audi tt quattro 2004 model yesterday stopped changing gears
Release bearing problem.Change the clutch Assembly
SOURCE: land rover clutch. can't get into gear
it's an odd occurance but it sounds like the hydraulic fluid in the clutch lined may have boiled. it's usually okay once it's cooled down, but if the pedal feels weird you may want to bleed your line.
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