C3 Picasso Clutch Issues

[Huskyxantia]

But the end result is the master cylinder is knackered. Once fully diconected it was floppy very lose & held no pressure at all.

My pedal box set up arrived lunch time which is sitting in the boot of the car but to be very honest it might not even be needed . Ive got more brake&clutch fluid coming tomorrow from amazon prime , so i will have plenty when needed,
I also saw the white grease going through the clear plastic pipe when i did the last bleed to the system so this confirms the master has failed.

[CitroJim]

That's got to be a problem with the pedal box Husky, to kill so many master cylinders in such a short space of time... Be interesting to see it when you swap it...

On the home straight now

[Huskyxantia]

So i Made an offer for a tenner & 10 mins later its mine , was £15, its not the grey weird one but thinking outside of the box this will be much better , the fitments are tighter too. The shape looks very simliar so yes
Bangernomics ! Here we go.

Theres some selling these on ebay for over £100 !

[Huskyxantia]

That's got to be a problem with the pedal box Husky, to kill so many master cylinders in such a short space of time... Be interesting to see it when you swap it...

On the home straight now

Or slamming the clutch pedal down to hard and fast by bleeding the system the wrong way ?

[CitroJim]

That's got to be a problem with the pedal box Husky, to kill so many master cylinders in such a short space of time... Be interesting to see it when you swap it...

On the home straight now

Or slamming the clutch pedal down to hard and fast by bleeding the system the wrong way ?

That should not kill it...

[Huskyxantia]

Ok, so thats ruled that one out. Once the box is iut of the car then they can be compard next to each other , this will be intresting to see, i will take photos too.

[Huskyxantia]

Compare, e not d ... oh god to much typing with banana fingers is hard.

[CitroJim]

Compare, e not d ... oh god to much typing with banana fingers is hard.

I know Every time I type I thank the software writers for spell checkers...

[mickthemaverick]

The problem with spellcheckers is there lack of context, so if yew yews a wrong spelling that is still a correct word in its own write, their is know chance of them correcting it!

[CitroJim]

The problem with spellcheckers is they have no concept of context, so if yew yews a wrong spelling such that the new word is in the dictionary, they will not correct it!

So true Mick, they can make some right howlers given half a chance... Don't I know it

The latest version of Microsoft Word has a pretty good grammar checker and tends to catch a lot of typos and mostly gets the context right...

It's a great help when I'm composting my column

[Huskyxantia]

Yes i recall once doing a list for some diy bits , should of seen the look on the womans face when i handed the list over , now i knew i put bill hooks down , no wonder why she threw the list back at me...

[Huskyxantia]

That's got to be a problem with the pedal box Husky, to kill so many master cylinders in such a short space of time... Be interesting to see it when you swap it...

On the home straight now

So now i have two sets of pedals one with the bar & one without
Ive not done this job on citroens only fords so anyone got any advice, ?

[Huskyxantia]

As above ,
Ive new master & slave cylinders again ....
Ive tested the new pedal boxes one has a brilliant return spring the other is a tad better than whats on the car, do i swap the return spring,swap box with good return spring , which means this will have to go in the new bar,

Also noticed the one with the good return spring has a thicker pedal diameter not much but you notice it the length is the same and the brake pedal , just looks and feels more robust.,but its not on a bar & will mean the other set on the bar will need swapping out for this.

Plus thinking with this spring return having a much firmer feel this might keep the clutch master cylinder plunger more straight being a more firmer feel and movement.

[Huskyxantia]

So today the newly fitted master cylinder gave up and failed. AA came the chap even tried to see if the air could of been purged out of the system ( I knew this wouldn't work but said nothing ) he then hitched me up to the dolly and brought me back home . The part has a 5 year warranty ( I think) so the cost of it should be paid back. So my plan now and sad to say is to move the car along id let I go for £650 as it stands all it needs is another master cylinder and a couple of hours getting it back up and running again.
As for my next car ? I don't know . 207sw ? 307sw ? I don't know.
I have seen a xsara picasso 2.0L hdi , it's old but looks ok and the 2.0L is reliable too mileage 128.000 miles vtx model 2007 . So think i might have a look at it in a couple of days or so. It's been an interesting run with the c3 but I can honestly say even when this last part was fitted 6 or 7 months ago I did not feel confident driving it , which is a shame as it is still a nice car and it could carry its own when it was needed.

Update will follow in a few days .
I've just read that Marc has stepped down from this place , if you read this at all Marc I'd like to thank you for your very hard work and help you gave me over the years and I hope one day you maybe able to come back ( when it's OK for you to do so ) Thank you .

[Huskyxantia]

Just like to also thank the other longer term members whom have also helped me over the years too, here's to many more to come we need places like these its like a family