Help needed please

[LCR Craig]

Hi new to the forums , picked up an lcr last month and all was good till tonight when I jumped in the car to go to the shops , put the car in reverse and went to pull away and as I lifted my foot of the clutch it was stuck to the floor .. had to stall the car to get it to stop .

I pulled the pedal back up with my toe and pumped it a few times and it seemed ok but tried again and same thing happened , tried one more time and just drove it in to the driveway but noticed fluid under where the car was , any ideas what it could be ? I got some pics and tried to get a video but as I'm a new member I can't post pics yet .
Thanks

 

[ben450]

Hi new to the forums , picked up an lcr last month and all was good till tonight when I jumped in the car to go to the shops , put the car in reverse and went to pull away and as I lifted my foot of the clutch it was stuck to the floor .. had to stall the car to get it to stop .

I pulled the pedal back up with my toe and pumped it a few times and it seemed ok but tried again and same thing happened , tried one more time and just drove it in to the driveway but noticed fluid under where the car was , any ideas what it could be ? I got some pics and tried to get a video but as I'm a new member I can't post pics yet .
Thanks

Sounds like clutch master cylinder mate my golf done the same thing.

 

[LCR Craig]

Sounds like clutch master cylinder mate my golf done the same thing.

cheers for the reply mate , what sort of prices we talking to get this fixed ... any ideas ?
thanks

 

[LCR Craig]

If I turn the wheels to the left and you look in from the front of the passengers side wheel , the fluid is running and dripping down below where the black cap people having been saying to put a metal shim in to stop the whiney gearbox , I take it that's the gearbox ? the fluid is coming from the bottom part of that block .
thanks

 

[ben450]

Can't remember what I paid now bout 100 quid I think. Have you had a feel round the master cylinder to see if it's dripping down from there?

 

[LCR Craig]

Can't remember what I paid now bout 100 quid I think. Have you had a feel round the master cylinder to see if it's dripping down from there?

am I right in thinking the master cylinder is behind the clutch pedal ? if so it's not coming from there .

I think I found where the leak is coming from .. if you look into the engine bay between the left hand side of the battery and right hand side of the engine , there is a thin metal pipe with like some sort of connector on the end of it a bit of the plastic has a crack on it , when my mate was pumping the clutch pedal the plastic was expanding slightly letting some fluid out , anyone any ideas what the part could be ?

I have a pic of the connector but cant post a picture yet .
Thanks again for any responses .

 

[ricky20vt]

Hi mate, as far as I no the clutch slave cylinder is inside the gearbox on your car its called a concentric slave cylinder. Your probably looking at quite abit more than £100 to sort it. You'd save a lot if you could do the job yourself. Also be worth throwing a complete clutch kit in too while the box is off.

The master cylinder is for your brakes but most of the time they have a pipe that comes of it to feed your slave cylinder with fluid. You may be lucky and it could be that pipe that's at fault.

 

[LCR Craig]

Hi mate, as far as I no the clutch slave cylinder is inside the gearbox on your car its called a concentric slave cylinder. Your probably looking at quite abit more than £100 to sort it. You'd save a lot if you could do the job yourself. Also be worth throwing a complete clutch kit in too while the box is off.

The master cylinder is for your brakes but most of the time they have a pipe that comes of it to feed your slave cylinder with fluid. You may be lucky and it could be that pipe that's at fault.

thanks for your reply mate

 

[markpile]

Sounds like it's the hydraulic pipe that feeds the slave in the box mate, if so lucky fella

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[LCR Craig]

Sounds like it's the hydraulic pipe that feeds the slave in the box mate, if so lucky fella

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yeah mate it was the pipe that goes in to where the bleed nipple is , the seal on the inside of that pipe had failed , got my mechanic to whip it out earlier and ordered a new seal from vw , will see if that does the trick otherwise I will get the new pipe part as well as couldn't get that from vw , was also at work so didn't have time to drive to a seat/audi dealership.
Thanks