Is my clutch going??? - HondaClub.com

narde · 07-03-2008, 08:25 AM

I get in my 2000 integra ls this morning and the clutch goes all the way down to the floor with no resistance, it was pretty hard to get it into 1st but i got it going. about two stop lights later the shifter would not budge. I was stuck in nutral so i pumped the clutch a bit, finally it went back into 1st.

All the way to work its been acting wierd, sometimes the clutch goes all the way to the floor with no resistance and sometimes its feels normal its not shifting from gear to gear its more like popping. sometimes it feels ok but most of the time i feel like im forcing it from gear to gear.

anybody know whats up?

**splink48** · 07-03-2008, 08:32 AM

It sounds like you're losing fluid from one of your lines. Check for leaks from your master cylinder all the way down to the slave cylinder.

narde · 07-03-2008, 08:53 AM

thanks I will check it out!

**splink48** · 07-03-2008, 09:39 AM

no problem, hope it helps!

narde · 07-03-2008, 09:51 AM

does the clutch use break fluid? their is somthing leaking i thought it was oil.

narde · 07-03-2008, 12:08 PM

yep you hit the nail on the head just went to nappa on my lunch break and picked up some break fluid and it feeling ok for now.

now all i have to do is find the leak! Kudos to Splink.

**splink48** · 07-03-2008, 01:45 PM

no problem narde...your best bet is to wipe the lines down really well and when you're ready to check, have someone press the clutch in really slowly so you can see where the fluid is leaking. I hope its just a line!

**8695Beaters** · 07-03-2008, 08:32 PM

I think there is some kind of fluid specifically for cluthes. Use that. Probably a line going in the system. When it feels spongy, it's hydraulics. A slipping clutch is really easy to feel. You let off the cluth, the engine revs, and the car doesn't move. Wear safety glasses and an old shirt when you're checking your lines. My dad got squirted in the face when I was checking over my power steering lines.

TnTRice · 07-03-2008, 11:55 PM

You probably already know this but just to say it. You drove the car when it was acting kind of funny. . . . make sure you bleed those lines out really good

hydrolics + air = bad buisness

marcos · 07-07-2008, 10:48 PM

that happend with my brakes once haha
yea it was a real bad time to drive

07-03-2008, 08:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
narde Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago, Illinois United States Posts: 33	Is my clutch going??? I get in my 2000 integra ls this morning and the clutch goes all the way down to the floor with no resistance, it was pretty hard to get it into 1st but i got it going. about two stop lights later the shifter would not budge. I was stuck in nutral so i pumped the clutch a bit, finally it went back into 1st. All the way to work its been acting wierd, sometimes the clutch goes all the way to the floor with no resistance and sometimes its feels normal its not shifting from gear to gear its more like popping. sometimes it feels ok but most of the time i feel like im forcing it from gear to gear. anybody know whats up?

07-03-2008, 08:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
splink48 The Sky Was Gold....... Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The dirty durty, Georgia United States Posts: 866	It sounds like you're losing fluid from one of your lines. Check for leaks from your master cylinder all the way down to the slave cylinder. __________________ 2004 Civic EX Coupe ATX 1985 CRX HF MTX Jeep is for SALE!!!! $6900 obo PM Me!

07-03-2008, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
splink48 The Sky Was Gold....... Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The dirty durty, Georgia United States Posts: 866	no problem, hope it helps! __________________ 2004 Civic EX Coupe ATX 1985 CRX HF MTX Jeep is for SALE!!!! $6900 obo PM Me!

07-03-2008, 01:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
splink48 The Sky Was Gold....... Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The dirty durty, Georgia United States Posts: 866	no problem narde...your best bet is to wipe the lines down really well and when you're ready to check, have someone press the clutch in really slowly so you can see where the fluid is leaking. I hope its just a line! __________________ 2004 Civic EX Coupe ATX 1985 CRX HF MTX Jeep is for SALE!!!! $6900 obo PM Me!

07-03-2008, 08:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
8695Beaters BRING ME RAAAAIN!!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wilmington, Delaware United States Posts: 2,140	I think there is some kind of fluid specifically for cluthes. Use that. Probably a line going in the system. When it feels spongy, it's hydraulics. A slipping clutch is really easy to feel. You let off the cluth, the engine revs, and the car doesn't move. Wear safety glasses and an old shirt when you're checking your lines. My dad got squirted in the face when I was checking over my power steering lines. __________________ Project Sil-E: The New Black In morning they will come alone And we arise as if a new day's dawned for everyone But now we know As much as we don't show OUR WORLD HAS BEEN BLACKENED!

07-03-2008, 08:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
narde Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago, Illinois United States Posts: 33	thanks I will check it out!

07-03-2008, 09:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
narde Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago, Illinois United States Posts: 33	does the clutch use break fluid? their is somthing leaking i thought it was oil.

07-03-2008, 12:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
narde Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago, Illinois United States Posts: 33	yep you hit the nail on the head just went to nappa on my lunch break and picked up some break fluid and it feeling ok for now. now all i have to do is find the leak! Kudos to Splink.

07-03-2008, 11:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
TnTRice Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: sumtown (southern), New Jersey United States Posts: 270	You probably already know this but just to say it. You drove the car when it was acting kind of funny. . . . make sure you bleed those lines out really good hydrolics + air = bad buisness

07-07-2008, 10:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
marcos smoken v8's Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: lincoln, Nebraska United States Posts: 516	that happend with my brakes once haha yea it was a real bad time to drive

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