Citroen c3 picasso

[CitroJim]

That's superb Husky

[Huskyxantia]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334744402856 ... media=COPY This arrived today , was fun swapping this old for new , the clamp to strut is 13mm , the 11mm nuts to undo this pipe had a nice soak with plus gas , i then went for medium sized molegrips on the 11mm lock nut & slowly undid it , nice it moved slowly with ease. Then the top brake line nut was done with 11mm spanner , new hose fitted , then i used this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176707355756 ... media=COPY, its very simple to set up and use , i used the pump at 10psi , undid the 8mm bleed nipple which conects to the smaller bottle , a long air bubble followed by clear fuild then a few more bubbles the nice clear brake fuild , nipple nipped back up again , pump disconected , wheel back on , car down, quick test all good job done.

Reason for this job , the original pipe had been rubbing on the drop link because of incorrect route , all done now and routing the proper way too.

[CitroJim]

Excellent work Husky

[Huskyxantia]

Im considering renaming this thread "Beyond a joke" why ? Well its simple the bloody clutch problem has yet again happend . 2 hrs away from home visting family went to drive back home , 1st gear pulled away clutch pedal stays on the floor only drive 20 yards , had to switch of the car & managed to get the car out of gear , & a nearby builder came & helped push the car back to where it had been parked , This time i called the AA they were with me in ten mins , the chap checked things over & said the feed pipe to the slave has more than likely an o ring thats failing & allowing air into the system , he brought us back home with the car on the towing dolly & even helped push me on the drive. So tomorrow im checking this o ring out.
I will be honest if someone was to offer me 750 they can take the car asap ive sort of reached my end of the line with it .

[Huskyxantia]

Pushed me on the drive ... he didnt push me .. my car he pushed the car

[CitroJim]

This is beyond bizarre Husky What on earth is going on here? It's baffling...

[Huskyxantia]

Tell me about it, AA man did sugest taking the feed pipe right out of the slave & hold it up as high as possible then finger over the end then get someone to slowly do the pedal too see what the pressure feels like, & check o-ring(s) ive got these plus some other various rubber type of seals for these cars so might find something if needs be, but this is just doing my head in now, Question, if you work the fork arm yourself how hard should the force of it be while your working it yourself ?

[CitroJim]

Question, if you work the fork arm yourself how hard should the force of it be while your working it yourself ?

Under what conditions Husky?

[Huskyxantia]

The slave pushes the fork arm to release the bearing, instead of the slave , use your hand to operate it , ive done this which can be done & it was fairly hard but you can move it, ive juat been searching online & most say it will be pretty hard but can be done & is normal, if its very easy then something is wrong , so i think i can rule that out . A very early post by marc mentions battery leaking onto the feed pipe below , so i will also check this too. The release bearing & fork is new & works as it should so this can really be ruled out , im going along the lines of air , 2 days ago i changed the passenger side brake flexi hose , i used a vacume pump to bleed the brake that side after the replacement, what im wondering is , maybe this could of pushed a bubble toward the clutch when the system was unded 10psi , its one that screws on top of the reservior bowl , then you pump it up , then bleed the caliper you were working on into the bottle that comes with the kit , also because the system is under pressure its forcing air out , so air cant go back wards .

[Huskyxantia]

Recalling now 3 days before this flexi pipe change the pedal wasnt returning like it did after the pedal rebuild & the day before that while gear change the was a snap sort of noise , then the pedal i checked and there was about an inch of lift on the pedal to make it sit on its normal up postion, i thought maybe this was normal ? Or was this the start of it going wrong again. AA chap said the master cylinders when you test them said the plunger wont have to mush resistance so dont be fooled by how floopy they can be as thats normal , if they fall to bits then there odvioisly not. Sorry about my spelling , im stressed right up to the hills lol

[Huskyxantia]

Any ideas id be greatful. I bet its something small and stupid causing so much hassle , just need some fair weather now .

[Huskyxantia]

Ok anything with a conecting joint that had an o-ring has been renewed.
We tried the bleed method , pin out , feed pipe out to the first rest then peddle down air bubbles , more more & more , then clear then bubbles pipe in pedal up then repeat over n over , pedal firms . Push clip home ,the one next to the bleed nipple. Good ive a clutch again .. push pedal twice .. pedal flat to the floor. Ok so one man method next , vacume pump on fluid bowl bowl topped up with fluid , 10psi, pop clip out next to bleed nipple , pull out feed pipe , millions of bubbles , clear fluid then a noise like a kettle boiling & steam ! Yes steam coming from the jar the out let pipe is in . Steam .
Water on top of the fluid .. ive run out of brake fluid now as its all contaminated , as this noise like the sound of boiling waterwas being heard the fluid came out faster then it ever did ,the steam rising , s**t me up , never in my life of owing a car has this happend . How the hell would water enter the system ? As i say im out of fluid.... arghhhhhh....

I looked at all connections while the system was under pressure after all o-rings were renewed , no leaks.
Here's the worring part , a thud noise from either vaucum pump of the big master cervo im not sure maybe just because the pedal was easier to move it was hitting the floor harder, becuse i did clip the nipple feed back up and got my boy to do the pedal but alas , nothing ,

I did notice The pipe from pump to servo the part that bolts to it had free play looks like the hex bolt needs tighting , now could this suck in water ? The engine has been wet on several ocassions not deliberate , by accident or driving conditions .
Do i fix the car , by full fluid flush ? Or scrap it i just dont know.

[Huskyxantia]

Just to recap , 10psi was the pressure, i know bleeding this way can cause bubbles to happen but , considering the clutch pedal keeps going there has to be somewhere air or water can get in , now if the master servo has a duff gasket this can be the problem , otherwise i dont know , maybe ive broke it , but then again idont think so as this problem is on going , fix the car , few hundred miles later , pedal gone again

[Huskyxantia]

Update, master cylinder has failed , ive double checked everything today till i was so cold i gave up, the slave is ok , all joints ok, so my shock fimding again the masted cylinder failing is unreal. Somewhere on here i think there was a post regarding this parts failing & psa knowing something about a duff batch , ive now ordered a much more exspensive part witt full 5 yr warrenty against failing , so fingers crossed . Were see what happens. If not think i'll get a bmw 3 series . ( diecast one ) lol

[mickthemaverick]

If not think i'll get a bmw 3 series . ( diecast one ) lol

Go wash your mouth out!!