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Old 06-24-2011, 11:40 AM
bobflood bobflood is offline
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1997 Maxima
1997 Maxima
 
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Originally Posted by LOWSAT1 View Post
Clutch worked fine one day. Next day after 10 mile trip car was parked for 8 hrs and when I returned, clutch pedal went to floor. I can't see where leak is without jacking car up. Unless you advise differently I will bleed from top valve and see if I can find the leak. Possibly if I jack car up I might find the leak after bleeding. What do you advise?
I assume that cylinder reservoir was empty. Not many places for fluid to go - a break or bad joint in the line; past the seal in the master; past the seal in the slave are most likely. Re the line, look at where the hard line joins the flexible line down near the slave - both those joints are suseptible to leaks. I have also heard that the flexible part of the line itself can erode over time and start to leak. Look around the rubber boot on the slave and see if it is full of fluid (should not be) and/or there is fluid leaking out around the operating rod that pushed on the clutch yoke. Look for the same thing under the dash where the master operating rod comes out thru the firewall and joins to the clutch pedal. Either would indicate that fluid is leaking past the internal seal.

I can send you the "clutch" section of the FSM if you send me an email address.
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