clutch problem?

Hi all

need to pick your brains, I'm having a problem with my clutch pedal, recently fitted a new master cylider that was leaking, and it seems since then my clutch isn't right, the pedal bites at the normal point but then it goes nearly to the floor and bites very low down, had quite a stressful time driving into work tonight as I kept thinking my clutch was gonna go, at first I thought it was the nut moving backwards on the master cylinder as it spun freely recently but has since been tightened up, checked said nut today and it hasnt moved so itsnt that, I'm hoping and praying its just the slave cylinder but I don't know what symptoms they give when failing, I'm not loosing any fluid as I have checked that too, so has anyone had these prblems when the slave goes or is it definately the clutch on it's way out?

thanks

mandy

ps its a defender 90 with a 200tdi engine fitted from a '92 model

sounds like it hasn't been bled properly.

3.5 efi said:

sounds like it hasn't been bled properly.

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I had loads of trouble bleeding mine when I changed the master n slave cylinders.. Keep up with the bleeding and try reverse bleeding, pressure bleeding n holding down the clutch pedal overnight..

lets hope its just that then, I will call on the favours of craigyb (he bled it last time lol) n see if we (i use the royal we) can rectify it, I will try the clutch pedal down through the night, I assume this will push the bubbles out somewhere? and i will look up the reverse bleeding, have read about it somewhere, if anyone else has had this same problem though please feel free to comment

just a quick point though when I say it keeps going nearly to the floor it is doing it regularly ie on the way to work tonight which is about 10 miles, it did it about 8 times will that still be caused by airlocks? there was alot of stopping n starting in that though

thanks for you help

mandy

Well update on the clutch it wasn't too healthy so it's been replaced and has had another master cylinder on it n a slave too, now works (well did until the starter or something packed in!)

Had a few problems with my clutch change I also changed master and slave, but I used a pressure bleeding unit because these vehicles are notorious for being a pain to bleed out.