Hi all,

Randomly driving tonight my clutch pedal felt weird, like a bit spongy, then I listened good and could hear a dry squeak noise coming from my engine bay Everytime I pressed down on the clutch. What on earth could this be? I'm so sick of taking this gearbox out lol. First clutch clips now this.

 

Silly question but going to ask. Hows the fluid level? If you have taken out the gear box before or have done a clutch job did you add any grease where needed?

 

It's a hydraulic leak, you have air in your hydraulic system. Try bleeding it thru the slave cylinder. Try squeezing the boot on your slave cylinder and see if you have any leaks.

 

Fluid is good.. Wasn't there but pretty sure mechanic used grease where he should have..

 

Randal has a point . Do some bleeding. Spongie feel could be a sign of air in the line

 

Air compresses easier than fluid hince the reason your brakes will feel spongie if not bled properly. You need to bleed the slave cylinder until your pedal is firm. It may look like your brake fluid resevoir is full of fluid but the clutch portion is a very small section in the resevoir and can be looked over easily. When bleeding the clutch I always keep the fluid all the way at the top of it and when I'm done I bleed down to the max line.

 

Thanks guys will give it a try this weekend. Have some super blue fluid I haven't used yet.

 

Good luck keep us posted

 

Will do! I really hope it's as simple as that but I have no idea how air could have gotten in their so randomly all of a sudden..

 

To me, it sounds like it's one of the springs inside the transmissions bell housing that is connected to the clutch fork that is making that noise, or it is the clutch fork itself rubbing making that noise.

If you get closer where do you hear the noise coming from? Does it sound like it's the slave cylinder? It could also just be that you need to put some grease between the slave cylinder and the clutch fork.

Might not be a bad idea to look through the transmission inspection hole (located in the bottom of the tranny) while you have a friend press the clutch in and out (obviously make sure the car is on a jack stand securely before going underneath it) just to make sure it looks like everything is working properly. This may also help in locating the noise.

That's my .02 anyway.


-Bink

 

Anything bad can happen in regards to your first scenario? I tried spraying WD40 where the slave meets the fork but no difference. Going to bleed the clutch tomorrow morning..

 

I was thinking.. Could I try moving the clutch fork in with my hand? If I heard the noise then it would definitely be something inside the gearbox right?

 

Yes, You can push the fork with hand. Then you can eliminate or conclude your slave.

 

UPDATE! and a good one!

I just got home from work and went outside. I took the slave cylinder off and sprayed some WD40 on the contact points (rod and clutch fork), put it back together and tried it out. Back to normal! Thank God!!!

 

On point!