Hey everyone,

I went to start my 06 R53 and the clutch pedal is just sort of limp, soft like it's not actually connected to anything. Can't engage gears with the stick when the engine is on, can when it's off like normal.

So, did some Googling and followed some other advice. There doesn't appear to be any leaks on either the interior master cylinder or the slave under the car, and the mechanical linkages appear okay. My brake fluid reservoir (where the clutch is fed from, so I'm told) is sitting around the min mark, but doesn't seem too dangerously low.

We have had some pretty violent temperature swings lately (it was 18 C and sunny yesterday and -17 and snowing today) - would that have any effect?

Any other advice or solutions? Since the car's dead in the water, I'm going to try my best before I have to pay for a tow truck

Cheers,

 

Clutch slave cylinder may be dead.

 

Can you have someone observe the action (or lack thereof) at the slave cylinder while you depress the clutch pedal? If it moves the T/O arm, then the next thing to be depressed will be you. (Sorry, couldn't resist). If it's not moving, I'd suspect the slave cylinder itself.

 

Heh, I'm already depressed. Bumming rides off friends to work is going to get real old, real fast.

Let's say it is the slave - from the looks of things it's not too hard to replace but I also have no way of getting parts and no time to wait for shipping (the icy street also makes for a terrible workshop, but that's me being a baby). If I tow to a dealer, is this going to be a scary bill?

 

Well, I can't imagine them charging you less than an hour's labor, so that's $ 100 right there. As I recall the, slave cyls aren't too pricey- someone else can come along with a figure- but I went through two in fairly short time and my opinion of those plastic items is very low. Maybe others have had better luck. I used a cast iron slave cylinder from an 80's S-10 Blazer. It's a little fiddly to plumb in, but worth it in my opinion.

 

Replacing the part is a fairly simple task, properly bleeding it can be very tricky/ a p.i.t.a

 

Installing it's a breeze compared to bleeding it. Best to read up on it in the "How To" section. Basicallly, it requires that the slave cylinder piston be fully depressed and held in that position when bleeding. If not, air gets into the system and it will be a veritable B@#%H to bleed.

 

Not to hard to replace: Takes some work to bleed.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/21516777428/


Here a link:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...he-clutch.html

 

Cool, thanks everyone