anyone have this clutch problem?

[nicc_dett]

so my clutch had almost NO PRESSURE! i bled it, it didnt really improve.. i read the forums and searched for answers and came across this link

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=251959

now after i did this my clutch lost 100% all pressure and i have no idea what i did wrong. can anybody help me out? im a dumb 16 year old with a 240sx i cant even drive now.

here's what i did

[Goldeneagle]

Is it safe to assume you did bleed the clutch system after removing the dampner? If not, bleed the clutch system.

[kal-el540]

you might have a lot of air on the lines. when i did this to my car i remember bleeding the clutch for a while before i had some pressure.how are you bleeding it? i did it with a coke bottle and a small bubber hose. have some one put fluid cause its ganna run out pretty fast. pump a couple of times with the valve open until you see it come out then close, pump 15 times, open and repeat until no bobles come out. worked for me.

[I_Farted]

Seems as if you have air in the line??????

[nicc_dett]

its gayy my clutch pedal gets no response at all so what im doing is squeezing "this thing" instead of pumping the clutch pedal. then im turning the little valve thing that releases the brake fluid but no fluid is comming out after i removed the clutch block.

[nicc_dett]

how do i pump the clutch if the clutch pedal doesnt do anything at all??

[scottydog]

That "thing" is a rubber dust cover over the slave cylinder piston.

Get a buddy to work the clutch pedal. Put a cup under the slave. Open the valve while he steps on the pedal, close when he hits bottom. Pull the pedal back up. Keep repeating until all the bubbles come out. Watch the fluid level in the master.

That should do it...

[nicc_dett]

That "thing" is a rubber dust cover over the slave cylinder piston.

Get a buddy to work the clutch pedal. Put a cup under the slave. Open the valve while he steps on the pedal, close when he hits bottom. Pull the pedal back up. Keep repeating until all the bubbles come out. Watch the fluid level in the master.

That should do it...

i'll try again but the clutch pedal doesnt seem to do anything at all when i try to bleed it

[nicc_dett]

one more thing. my car is broke down in my driveway that is on a hill. does my car need to be level to bleed the clutch?

[scottydog]

The car doesn't need to be level. If repeated pedal pumps do nothing then you have a hydraulic leak somewhere, or more likely a bad master cylinder . If you end up replacing the slave if it's not relatively new, pretty cheap parts.

[BoBa524]

it sometimes takes a while to bleed the clutch, get a buddy and get cracking for about an hour.

[kal-el540]

your ganna have to push the pedal then bring it back with your foot. its a pain. and its ganna feel like for ever (about 20 mins or maybe less) but eventually its ganna get some pressur. keep us ipdated.

[Neil]

The pedal won't feel like its doing anything until its almost completely bled, but operating it IS actually doing something. It's just compressing the huge slug of air you have in the line, instead of working the pressure plate... which is why it feels wrong, which is why you have to bleed it.

Keep at it and yea make sure you keep an eye on the fluid level, you dont want to suck more air into the system.

[nicc_dett]

thanks guys for your help. im stuck at my friends house for a few hours but i'll give ya an update asap! hopefully i'll get it working this time.

[emerica9004]

Make sure you keep adding fluid to the resiviour as you pump it. If it gets the littlest bit of air in it it wont work. Also if there is nothing coming out of the bleeder valve in the slave then the cylinder may be bad. Same problem with mine. Bad slave and piece of crap dampner box.