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Old 07-29-2024, 04:11 AM
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Angry New car nightmare

Hey guys new to the scene with a beautiful 1999 s2k just in time for summer. After my 4th trip since buying it I started her up and she wouldn't go into gear clutch pedal light and clutch fluid seems contaminated but changes lovely when car is off. Any ideas or anyone local to Ashbourne to help?
Old 07-29-2024, 06:23 AM
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Possibly a bad clutch master cylinder.
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Old 07-29-2024, 07:48 AM
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Most likely a master or slave cylinder issue. But don't worry, neither is a huge job. If you do a bit of spannering, you can bleed the system and check the carpet in the driver's footwell, see if you can trace a leak and find the issue.
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All seems to point towards slave or master cylinders. Can anyone recommend anyone local to Derbyshire ? Ideally someone who does mobile as I don't really want to pay for recovery to take to the garage
thanks for the info
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It can just be the contamination so could be worth a fluid flush and reservoir clean to start with - Honda originally specified DOT3 so doesn't need to be anything special. Also there's a difference between the pre and post MY2004 models for slave cylinders so if you do end up replacing make sure you get the right one.
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Tried pumping it 30/40 times no engine running
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