Hi Everyone! New to the forums here and looking for a little help.
I have a 2002 Sportage 4x4 with manual trans. My clutch slave cylinder failed a few weeks ago. (fluid was pouring out of the rubber boot). I have replaced both the master and slave cyclinders now and bled the lines several times to make sure there was no air. The car was working I drove it a short distance to a couple of locations. Came back the next day and when I tried to start the car I had to press very hard on the clutch and then I felt the slave cylinder "blow out" again. Lost all pressure on the clutch pedal. The rod that pushes on the clutch release fork has been pushed out so far that it is stuck against the slave cyl. housing and the rubber boot has filled with fluid. This has happened three times now with the new slave cyl. First tiem I took the part back because I thought it was faulty. It happened again with the second new part and I just pushed all the bits back together and adjusted where the clutch pedal connects to the master cyl. Drove it a little bit and then it "blew out" again!
Sorry for the long explanation, but hopefully someone can give me some advice. Is there a specific adjustment I need to make to the clutch pedal? It seems like there is too much pressure being sent to the slave cyl. Is the slave cyl. just a bad part (second one?) I got the part form O'Reilley auto parts. Auto Zone near me said they couldn't even get one.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.
Bill
I have a 2002 Sportage 4x4 with manual trans. My clutch slave cylinder failed a few weeks ago. (fluid was pouring out of the rubber boot). I have replaced both the master and slave cyclinders now and bled the lines several times to make sure there was no air. The car was working I drove it a short distance to a couple of locations. Came back the next day and when I tried to start the car I had to press very hard on the clutch and then I felt the slave cylinder "blow out" again. Lost all pressure on the clutch pedal. The rod that pushes on the clutch release fork has been pushed out so far that it is stuck against the slave cyl. housing and the rubber boot has filled with fluid. This has happened three times now with the new slave cyl. First tiem I took the part back because I thought it was faulty. It happened again with the second new part and I just pushed all the bits back together and adjusted where the clutch pedal connects to the master cyl. Drove it a little bit and then it "blew out" again!
Sorry for the long explanation, but hopefully someone can give me some advice. Is there a specific adjustment I need to make to the clutch pedal? It seems like there is too much pressure being sent to the slave cyl. Is the slave cyl. just a bad part (second one?) I got the part form O'Reilley auto parts. Auto Zone near me said they couldn't even get one.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.
Bill