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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: dlmrun2002 on April 30, 2007, 07:37:38 PM

Title: Clutch bleeding woes
Post by: dlmrun2002 on April 30, 2007, 07:37:38 PM

Prior to intall new rebuild motor  I pulled off  blue clutch hose off  hydraulic reservoir.  Stuck it back. Got my motor in with strong pedal. Once motor  was running I noticed clutch grabbing real  LOW. I figured  must be air from when I inadvertantly  yanked off clutch hose. So today I go to bleed slave and I lost pedal.  Over a quart of dot 4  still no pedal. Air coming out too. DO I need to remove slave and exercise piston or  was my  slave pushed to the brink with an attempt to bleed it?  Sorry for being wordy...just giving all the details..
DLM

Title: Clutch bleeding woes
Post by: christophbmw on April 30, 2007, 07:50:49 PM

you need to pump the fluid up from the bottom (or the slave). on E30's for some reason they will not blead if you bleed them from the top, or it least in my experience they wont. Find a pump and pump the b. fluid up from the bottom.

Title: I don't get it
Post by: dlmrun2002 on April 30, 2007, 07:59:40 PM

Pump up from bottom?  I was  using a might vac  pump on slave bleeder. Are  you saying pump into the bleeder back into fluid reservoir? I even  tried  putting a rag over fluid reservoir  and blowing into it to force it from top to botton as opposed to pulling via might vac pump....
DLM