Hi, I'm new to the list, and a relatively new Vanagon owner. I'm a long time VW owner and lover, and I've learned a LOT. But, not enough about hydraulic clutches it seems! To make a long story short, I recently bought my Vanagon and took it to a local budget brake shop to have the rear brakes and wheel cylinders done. I observed to job, the guy working on it was CLEARLY not fond of "foreign cars" and while bleeding the rear lines, he ran the brake fluid reservour empty. He filled it up, bled the rear, and finished the job, the brakes work great! My Westy is an every day driver, and four days later I was driving my it on the highway, when I came to a stop light, I stepped the clutch down, and at about the friction point, I felt a POP in the pedal. From that point, the clutch would not disengage. I pulled over and had a friend step on the pedal while I looked at the slave cylinder and it moves with the pedal. I'm not sure how far it should move though. At any rate, I drove the van the rest of the way home 60 miles useing the starter and RPMs, not as easy as my old Rabbit. For kicks I tried stepping it down while I accelerated, and it DID slip at the floor. Just enough to confirm that it was disengaging a little. I'm wondering if the grunt at the local shop managed to work air into the clutch line while running the, or if its more likely a throwout bearing or lever problem...... Any advice is much appreciated!!! HELP! :-) Barry |
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