[FONT="]I have a 2014 Volkswagen Transporter Shuttle T30 Se Lwb 140, 1968CC Diesel, 5DR, Manual.................to quote the formal name.
About 2 months ago I was at the tail end of a motorway journey having not braked or changed gear for perhaps 50 minutes, pretty well constant at 70mph as it was late at night. As my exit came up I was surprised to find my clutch pedal was on the floor and no travel left.
[/FONT][FONT="]I lifted the pedal with my foot and found that I could pump the pedal a couple of times and get enough resistance back that I could operate the clutch and change gear. For the next 10 miles or so I was constantly having to lift the pedal and pump it to get some resistance back.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I parked at an intermediate destination for 15 minutes and returning to the minibus the pedal was up and usable to head home. All the way home, around 40 mintes and 30 miles I had the same issued with having to lift the pedal and re-prime. I dropped off a passenger and for the 4 windy road miles between our houses the pedal was perfect, as if there had never been a problem.
My local garage said it sounded like low fluid level and that the clutch take off is higher than the brake take off and it could just be low fluid and the fact the pedal came back after driving around bendy roads made so sense in that the fluid would have been thrown around and covered up a take off at a higher level.
Topping up the fluid seemed to cure the problem.....for a couple of weeks and it returned. The garage inspected it and of course it worked fine but they suggested the fluid was really dirty and perhaps had resulted in the hydraulic seals "flipping" inside out. I had not heard of this before so was happy to give it a try just having the fluid changed.
That seemed to work fine for around 6 weeks and then it came back at the start of a long run. Pedal flat to the floor and able to lift the pedal and pump it up till the point it could disengage the clutch. No fluid loss at all. The problem persisted on a motorway run and I was having to plan all gear changes by lifting the pedal first and pumping and lifting, pumping and lifting.
Where initially I thought that pumping whilst turning was most successful at re-priming, I now think it was probably lifting and pumping whilst occasionally braking was more effective. Since the brakes and the clutch share the same reservoir I guess there could be a chance that the pressures influence each other.
So I arrived at my destination (taking my Ice Hockey team to Bracknell for a game) and we played the game. At the end of the game I started to load the minibus and found that the pedal was perfect, no issues at all.
On the way home after a long constant speed spell on the motorway it dropped again and the normal routine of lift and pump.
Thats about as much detail as I can add. Is there anyone out there experienced the same and found what the heck is going on?
THe garage have it in and are planning on changing the master cylinder but I still want to know what the problem is!
Thanks!
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About 2 months ago I was at the tail end of a motorway journey having not braked or changed gear for perhaps 50 minutes, pretty well constant at 70mph as it was late at night. As my exit came up I was surprised to find my clutch pedal was on the floor and no travel left.
[/FONT][FONT="]I lifted the pedal with my foot and found that I could pump the pedal a couple of times and get enough resistance back that I could operate the clutch and change gear. For the next 10 miles or so I was constantly having to lift the pedal and pump it to get some resistance back.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I parked at an intermediate destination for 15 minutes and returning to the minibus the pedal was up and usable to head home. All the way home, around 40 mintes and 30 miles I had the same issued with having to lift the pedal and re-prime. I dropped off a passenger and for the 4 windy road miles between our houses the pedal was perfect, as if there had never been a problem.
My local garage said it sounded like low fluid level and that the clutch take off is higher than the brake take off and it could just be low fluid and the fact the pedal came back after driving around bendy roads made so sense in that the fluid would have been thrown around and covered up a take off at a higher level.
Topping up the fluid seemed to cure the problem.....for a couple of weeks and it returned. The garage inspected it and of course it worked fine but they suggested the fluid was really dirty and perhaps had resulted in the hydraulic seals "flipping" inside out. I had not heard of this before so was happy to give it a try just having the fluid changed.
That seemed to work fine for around 6 weeks and then it came back at the start of a long run. Pedal flat to the floor and able to lift the pedal and pump it up till the point it could disengage the clutch. No fluid loss at all. The problem persisted on a motorway run and I was having to plan all gear changes by lifting the pedal first and pumping and lifting, pumping and lifting.
Where initially I thought that pumping whilst turning was most successful at re-priming, I now think it was probably lifting and pumping whilst occasionally braking was more effective. Since the brakes and the clutch share the same reservoir I guess there could be a chance that the pressures influence each other.
So I arrived at my destination (taking my Ice Hockey team to Bracknell for a game) and we played the game. At the end of the game I started to load the minibus and found that the pedal was perfect, no issues at all.
On the way home after a long constant speed spell on the motorway it dropped again and the normal routine of lift and pump.
Thats about as much detail as I can add. Is there anyone out there experienced the same and found what the heck is going on?
THe garage have it in and are planning on changing the master cylinder but I still want to know what the problem is!
Thanks!
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