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thanks for your reply. this is interesting. is it possible that if my reservoir cap was a little loose that moisture, as opposed to just air, got in?
the engine came out a couple years ago when the transmission was replaced, so I assume the clutch fluid had to be replaced then. so guessing it's about 2 years old. when they bled the clutch last week, does much new fluid need to be added, or are you really only getting a few cupfuls of fluid out when bleeding? was wondering how much 'newer' fluid is in there.
i get somewhat involved on some of the car projects, but have never attempted bleeding/flushing, so these may be dumb questions: assume I can not merely take the turkey baster to the reservoir and sort of replace what's in the reservoir and expect the fluid in the system "underneath" the reservoir to be enough to not require bleeding the system? my wishful thinking is that you replace the fluid in the top of the reservoir but leave a little at the bottom so no real air is introduced into the system, and this would be enough 'fresh' fluid to dilute the possible 'watered' fluid. again, probably wishful thinking. failing that, do the brakes all need to be bled when flushing the clutch since they share the reservoir? I don't have a power bleeder and may be getting in over my head, so wonder if the next option is asking the shop to flush the fluid before trying to replace the slave cylinder.
is it a stretch to say if my fluid seems to be staying the same level that you can RULE OUT the slave cylinder being bad? while the engine doesn't have to be removed, they indicated it was about 5 hours of labor to replace the slave cylinder, and while in there it would be foolish to not replace the clutch disk. so we were at about $800 (more than I'd like to spend, but...). would you try 1) replacing the fluid. then if that didn't work 2) replace the master since it would presumably be cheaper? or would I be going on a fishing expedition?
sorry for the long response. thanks for your help.
-Brian
88 900tc
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