I recently had a new clutch fitted,the LUK 3 piece which includes the release bearing etc.
The car has drove fine for the past few weeks when it was fitted but since 3 days ago,the clutch pedal sometimes has little travel,its spongy and then i struggle to change gear as the pedal dosen't feel correct,then it feels normal.
I took it back to the garage and they said it's probably the master cylinder and he said it looks like it has a small leak.
I couldn't really see any fluid leaking on the cylinder behind the clutch pedal apart from one moist spot on a bolt on the steering linkage which may be normal and may have been there for ages,i couldn't say if it was brake fluid or not.
He said it can sometimes put more pressure on the master cylinder when you have a new clutch fitted and that he had one in last week with the same problem and it was the master cylinder.
he said,its probably leaked down and it dosen't take much for the pedal to act like that.
I found it strange that ive driven 150,000 miles on the same clutch and the pedal was the same every single time but as soon as i have a new clutch fitted,within a few weeks,the pedal is normal then spongy with little travel making it hard to change gear sometimes.
I haven't lost any brake fluid to my knowledge as it appears full still.
Would the master cylinder suddenly go after a new clutch is fiited?
The car has drove fine for the past few weeks when it was fitted but since 3 days ago,the clutch pedal sometimes has little travel,its spongy and then i struggle to change gear as the pedal dosen't feel correct,then it feels normal.
I took it back to the garage and they said it's probably the master cylinder and he said it looks like it has a small leak.
I couldn't really see any fluid leaking on the cylinder behind the clutch pedal apart from one moist spot on a bolt on the steering linkage which may be normal and may have been there for ages,i couldn't say if it was brake fluid or not.
He said it can sometimes put more pressure on the master cylinder when you have a new clutch fitted and that he had one in last week with the same problem and it was the master cylinder.
he said,its probably leaked down and it dosen't take much for the pedal to act like that.
I found it strange that ive driven 150,000 miles on the same clutch and the pedal was the same every single time but as soon as i have a new clutch fitted,within a few weeks,the pedal is normal then spongy with little travel making it hard to change gear sometimes.
I haven't lost any brake fluid to my knowledge as it appears full still.
Would the master cylinder suddenly go after a new clutch is fiited?