xantia clutch slave cylinder

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matej
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Re: xantia clutch slave cylinder

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OK now I got pedal on the floor, it worked some time but when the car is standing then it probably leaks somewhere and air gets in, I drove to the town from my village and it kinda worked after a week but as I tried to pump the pedal when I parked in front of a store, then the pedal went all the way again. Hope I will fix it here bc. all of the workshops are closed today and tomorrow and there is no bus going to the village on weekends.. Yes fun, I can still drive on first gear or reverse or shift gears without clutching but thats not good. How to bleed the clutch properly?
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I managed to bleed it the same way on place, better than last time but I have to get a bleeding kit or have it done properly by a garage, and I bet I will better do it myself, I don't believe anyone when it comes on my car, when nobody actually knows it better :D and the price of the kit will be same as the price of one time bleeding. I have not found reliable service guy around since I got the car, so I'm more comfortable doing all myself.. there is nothing to worry about in any area when you get familiar with details
matej
Posts: 4
Joined: 19 Nov 2020, 21:33

Re: xantia clutch slave cylinder

Unread post by matej »

i got small vacuum pump and system same as gunson eezibleed and have no success using that setup. anything of that - if I use 10 or 20PSI on the tank, pump the pedal and even put vacuum on the bleed nipple on the slave cylinder, there is still no movement of the fluid from the fluid tank down to the cylinders..
any thoughts?
Do I have to disassemble and clean something to make it move? I will go another way and that is again filling the slave cylinder with brake fluid and putting the connecting hose inside the oil and pump the pedal until all the bubbles are gone.. The bleed nipple is definitely open into the cylinder, it's not the point where it fails. I suspect the master cylinder but there is no information about removing that from the car.
If I will any time have spare time of two weeks, I will maybe go crazy and make some cable operated clutch, this system was a fail for long time use, even with bleed nipple