After leaving my car sit for most of the spring and summer, I am experiencing a spongy clutch pedal, sucking sound on pedal return. Also get an occasional hard pedal stop at varying points in downward travel. Unable to fully disengage clutch. I bled the system in various ways (one-way vacuum pump, Standard bleeding per manual) which did not cure it. Then replaced the master and re-bled the system, with no luck. After bleeding the pedal is hard for a single pass, but then goes soft again.
any insight is appreciated.
Submitted by npuccia@aol.com on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 07:22
Submitted by SE98-32482CJ on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 21:09
cluth hydralic system - 4.2 Series 1
Check the flex hose in the system--if the system is slow to return the hose has collapsed--why did you change the master and not the slave?
thanks george.
The slave is recent (within past few years). I inspected/bench-checked it and it seems OK.