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[nickknack]

Hey guys, last night when I got in my car to head home after work, I went to select reverse and put in the clutch pedal, but it stayed flat to the floor. I thought I might have snapped a clutch hose or something but I pulled the pedal back up, and it was sprung again, and I was able to drive home. 

 

The clutch worked, but it has a weird feel to it. Basically there's almost no resistance from the pedal's resting position up until the friction point, and then it seems to bite normally and it feels normal from that point on. But then I let it out and once it's past the friction point, almost no resistance, whereas normally it's fairly linear. 

 

I checked the level of the clutch fluid, it's slightly above MAX.

 

Any ideas?

[RX25SE]

IIRC GenIII's suffer from a faulty clutch hose, maybe it's that?

 

I have seen it on other makes, the lining of the hose fails and causes it to hold line pressure and do all sorts of weird shit.

 

Start with the basics, has the master cylinder push rod got a little free play? It should have a couple of mm.

[duncanm]

yup - you've got a leak somewhere. Probably a pinhole in the line; you might be able to find a leak if you look real hard.

You'll probably find you can bleed it - and it'll be good, then get bad again.

Replace line and slave cylinder.

[nickknack]

IIRC GenIII's suffer from a faulty clutch hose, maybe it's that?

 

I have seen it on other makes, the lining of the hose fails and causes it to hold line pressure and do all sorts of weird shit.

 

Start with the basics, has the master cylinder push rod got a little free play? It should have a couple of mm.

 

I'll have a look tomorrow Jase but thanks!

 

It sounds like Duncan knows what's up and I found this thread too http://www.subyclub....oor-liberty-b4/

 

Unfortunately it's a crappy time for it to happen as I don't really have the time to do it myself (no idea what I'm doing so it would take a while) so I'll take it to the mechanic this week. 

[nickknack]

Just an update incase anyone has this problem in the future

 

Clutch feel went back to pretty much normal over the little while it took to source a replacement master cylinder, had that fitted and bled, everything feels a little tighter but it's more the peace of mind that it won't happen again that I was chasing!

[allpaw4]

Bet the flex line fails within the next few years Nick, mine has done it for the past few years, and mainly when it gets hot, like in stop start traffic or parking it for a few minutes and then restarting the car to move off. Eventually one day it went to the floor and while the pedal would spring back, the pressure wouldn't come back with it. New line, fluid and a good bleed it was all good.