I'm sorry to sound really newbish, cause this might just be a simple problem...

Well, this morning, I went to drive my max to the bank, so I get in, and step on the clutch to turn the car on, and the clutch gets stuck in. So I kept pressing, thinking that it was nothing thoughgt it would pop out after repeatedly pressing it. It didn't. I kept pressing it, and it wouldn't come out, so I just lifted it out. Then I popped the hood. I looked at the clutch fluid pipe, and it was empty, I put in some brake fluid, but it didn't seem to go down the pipe. I went into the car now, and pressed it, and it felt 10x's better, but still didn't fully release. Now after I drove it for a bit, the clutch releases, but with a slight delay.

What the heck could this problem be? Am I leaking clutch fluid somewhere around here? And also, should I bleed the clutch lines, if so, how? Or is there some other problem I dont know about?

 

could very easily be a bad clutch line. mine went bad, not as bad as what youre describing, but in the GD forums, theres a GD on SS clutch lines for $25 shipped. its pretty easy to install, and they work superbly. im sure bleeding the line will make it feel al ittle better, but not fix your problem completely, afterall, there really is no reason why the fluid should run out.

 

Yeah, that is true that it should't run out. If it were to leak, where would the leak usually be located? Just so I can pinpoint and make sure what the heck is going on . Thank you for the help .

 

for me, the line itself was leaky, just the rubber going to crap. you could check all the joints (should be 3 of them). the soft rubber line comes off of the hard metal line under the airbox (joint one) and attaches to a small "junction" box (joint 2). from there, it goes into the slave cylinder (joint 3) which is nicely tucked into a little groove thats hard as heck to reach into if you have gringo sized hands like i do. it is also possible that either you master or slave cylinder are leaking (id put my money on slave if it is a cylinder leak). so, you pretty much gotta take your intake apart up to the TB (10 minute job at most) and dive right in to find the prob. hope all this helps, and good luck finding/fixing the prob.

 

Sounds like a simple problem: you probably got air into the line when the reservoir level got down. You need to bleed the clutch slave cylinder (much as you would bleed brakes), and then do the bleed valve located in the engine compartment on the front side of the driver's-side strut tower. You'll need a friend to help, so if you've not bled brakes before find a friend who knows how to do it.

 

If none of these relatively simple procedures works (new lines, bleeding, etc.), you could be looking at replacing both the master and slave cylindar. My dad had this problem in his camry when I was driving it, and actually was very dangerous and got stuck anywhere. On a side note, I remember passing this **** on a straightaway, so I was in front of him at the next light, which is where the clutch fell to the floor, I stalled, and had to make everyone, including the guy I just passed, back up and go around.

 

Sounds like a simple problem: you probably got air into the line when the reservoir level got down. You need to bleed the clutch slave cylinder (much as you would bleed brakes), and then do the bleed valve located in the engine compartment on the front side of the driver's-side strut tower. You'll need a friend to help, so if you've not bled brakes before find a friend who knows how to do it.

 

I had a similar problem. I was driving to work one day and then my clutch was gone and I was having a hard time getting into gears. I checked the fluid and it was empty, it ended up being the rubber clutch line. Eventually I couldnt get it into any gears so I had to start in 1st and shift without the clutch. I replaced the line with a SS braided line from the group deal. The lines are right on top of the transmission next to the transmission mount. If it is leaking from there, you will might be able to see a small puddle on top of the transmission.