dieselmani
Veteran Member
Today I tried to bleed the clutch hydraulics manually. I pressed the pedal, blocked it with a long post pressed against the driver's seat, opened the slave bleeder, bled the brake fluid into a bottle, closed it again and raised the pedal. The instructions for this procedure are on myturbodiesel.com. I did that for 10+ times, no air. Just as I was ready to deduce that there is no air in the clutch hydraulics air bubbles started to appear, small at first, then more. I continued with the process for another 20+ pumps always making sure master cylinder reservoir is filled to the top. It seemed like the air bubbles are getting less and less, and at one point I had only solid fluid coming out of the slave cylinder nozzle, so I thought I'm practically almost done.
And then came the big surprise. Air bubbles reappeared, and with the last few pumps only foam, or frothy brake fluid came through the drain line. The pedal completely lost its tension and won't come back up at all and remains stuck to the floor. I'm clueless and don't know what caused the ultimate failure, or where to start to get the clutch working again. Thank you.
And then came the big surprise. Air bubbles reappeared, and with the last few pumps only foam, or frothy brake fluid came through the drain line. The pedal completely lost its tension and won't come back up at all and remains stuck to the floor. I'm clueless and don't know what caused the ultimate failure, or where to start to get the clutch working again. Thank you.
Last edited: