hi all
i have a little r reg (98) punto.
i have a clutch problem, and after reading everything i can possibly find online, i have concluded that it is probably the slave cylinder...
i dont drive it very often at the moment due to working away during the week, so after not driving it for a fortnight i got in it about 2 weekends ago to give it a run, and the clutch was completely slack and wouldnt go into gear when the engine was on.
however when the engine is off it will go into gear.
i bought brake/ clutch fluid from halfords and filled up the fluid reservoir thing which was surprisingly low considering i only had the car serviced at the end of January...
anyway, i pumped and pumped the clutch and it came back to life!
BUT, all I did was move it around my car park and then a week later came home and had the exact same problem - clutch completely slack, filled it up again and it came back to life again.
now it has happened again so surely it must be that there is a leak in the slave cylinder? (bearing in mind i have only figured this out from reading and observing, so am no expert)
I have the following qs!:
Any advice would be really, really appreciated, as I am a bit concerned and dont really have anyone to look at it as am Irish living in UK, so have just had to ask my Dad and male friends at home their advice over the phone but everyone just seems to say I need a new clutch - I think they're wrong though!!
Thanks in advance! karie
i have a little r reg (98) punto.
i have a clutch problem, and after reading everything i can possibly find online, i have concluded that it is probably the slave cylinder...
i dont drive it very often at the moment due to working away during the week, so after not driving it for a fortnight i got in it about 2 weekends ago to give it a run, and the clutch was completely slack and wouldnt go into gear when the engine was on.
however when the engine is off it will go into gear.
i bought brake/ clutch fluid from halfords and filled up the fluid reservoir thing which was surprisingly low considering i only had the car serviced at the end of January...
anyway, i pumped and pumped the clutch and it came back to life!
BUT, all I did was move it around my car park and then a week later came home and had the exact same problem - clutch completely slack, filled it up again and it came back to life again.
now it has happened again so surely it must be that there is a leak in the slave cylinder? (bearing in mind i have only figured this out from reading and observing, so am no expert)
I have the following qs!:
- i could top it up again - how far is this likely to get me; unfortunately my breakdown cover doesnt cover me if i am broken down within 1 mile of my flat, and i need to get it to a garage (could bring it to a garage just up the road though, about half a mile)
- is there any point in me trying to replace the slave cylinder myself with the help of haynes?
- is this worth getting fixed? my poor little car got bashed up the other week by kids in my area, so is probably only worth about 500 quid or so at the moment (only have 3rdpartyf&t insurance...) and i dont plan on keeping it for more than the next 6 months - just cant afford a new one right now! but it still has about 10 months left on MOT...
Any advice would be really, really appreciated, as I am a bit concerned and dont really have anyone to look at it as am Irish living in UK, so have just had to ask my Dad and male friends at home their advice over the phone but everyone just seems to say I need a new clutch - I think they're wrong though!!
Thanks in advance! karie