Date:         Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:04:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Clutch Slave Cilynder Needs Bleeding?
Comments: To: Sorin Bejenaru <CaliforniaCampers@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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Sorin:

It sounds like you have a slow leak somewhere in the hydraulic system.
When you go to bleed the slave cylinder, are you noticing that the fluid
level in the fluid reservoir is lower than the last time you did this job?

The most likely points of fluid leak are the master and slave cylinders
themselves.  If you've been noticing that the carpet under your feet is a
little damp and have been blaming it on the wet weather, than it's your
master cylinder that's leaking.

Check it out and you're almost sure to find one or the other cylinders is
the culprit.  Might as replace or repair both of them at the same time
since they seem to go bad more or less simultaneously.


On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Sorin Bejenaru wrote:

> I have a 1990 Westfalia that keeps collecting air in the clutch slave
> cilynder which then does not allow the clutch to work.  After I bleed the
> air out of it, it works well for a few weeks then this happens again.
> Anyone had that problem?  Does it mean that the salve cilynder is bad?  Or
> is it the lines comming from the front?

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549
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