Clutch slippage, losing clutch fluid
 

I've been losing clutch fluid slowly-- I had my friend pump the clutch but I could see any leaking anywhere so it must be fairly slow, but if I drive say 30 miles stop and go shite, Its visibly lower in the resevoir. My clutch has been slipping a lot lately-- could this be in part because of lower clutch pressure from a leak? And any ideas where it could be leaking from/what could be causing the loss of fluid? any ideas appreciated

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check the master and slave cylinder for leakage?

Re: Clutch slippage, losing clutch fluid
 

places to check for would be the slave cylinder, master cylinder, the braided hose and underneth the clutch pedal (yes inside the car) and that`s prob.ly your case. it oculd leak from the rod seal.

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Thanks I'll check em tomorrow-- didn't think of inside the car

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luckily the hydro clutch systems on hondas are easy to troubleshoot and fix.

do the basic stuff mentioned above, you'll find it.

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Would the leak make the clutch slip? maybe? hopefully? please? I'm poor right now. Clutch > me

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yup, fluid on the clutch = slip

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I don`t see hoe the clutch fluid could get into the disk, unless the slave cylinder is blinding

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clutch is probably shot anyway...the level of fluid has nothing to do with how hard the clutch engages

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My ek blew some ------- seal in the tranny which resulted in tranny fluid all over the clutch and it slipped :3

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ok...let me rephrase: add on "unless the fluid is leaking onto the disc"

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slight thread jack, but on the same topic

my clutch sometimes engages way to early when letting off the pedal.. sometimes it doesnt. Any ideas?

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air in the line
welcome to my world

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i must have a leak somewhere, because I already bled the clutch twice trying to fix the problem. It doesnt seem like i'm loosing fluid ethier.

Nick

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So I dug around a little and I found my leak-- its coming from what the haynes manual calls the release cylinder. Its the little cylinder on the front of the tranny-- theres a rod from the tranny that goes into it and the bleeder is kind of attached to it. I went to autozone but they don't carry the part-- any one know of a good place to get one? Napa was closed but maybe they do, or should I just try to find a used one? And how much $$$ will it cost me for a new one?

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that`s the slave cylinder, should have been the first place to check for leaks.

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I'm a moron. Thanks guys.

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You want the slave cylinder only, releasing bearing goes INSIDE of the bellhousing