Find the slave cylinder look for bleed nipple.Anyone?
Hi. I have been having a lot of trouble getting a pedal on mine. It's a 1.3 with the plastic slave cylinder, I started by the usual method of the pedal being pushed too the floor then pushing the hose back in and the pedal raised. Got about half a pedal. I then tried gravity, with a hose hanging down to the ground to get a better flow. This got me to about ¾ of a pedal. This morning I tried a vacuum pump and that made a slight improvement, then I wasn't quick enough to topup the reservoir and sucked more air in. I locked the van and walked away. Will try again tomorrow. Any tips will be great fully received.If it's the same as the 1.9 multijet the slave cylinder is bolted to the gearbox under the battery. There is a bleed nipple on it but it is fixed, you pop up the clip that retains the Hose, this allows the hose to move out enough to let the fluid out of the nipple. You push the hose back in and push the clip back down when your done.
Hi and thanks. I have another pump that will work both ways. If I can find it.Using a pump type oil can is a good way to bleed these. Fill the can with brake fluid and use a piece of tube between the oil can and the bleed nipple. Backbleed the system by pumping the oil can and it will push any air up out of the reservoir, you'll see the bubbles. The air wants to go up rather than down, it works well for just a few pounds for an oil can. Good luck
As I mentioned previously if master cylinder a bit lazy/weak then a vacuum bleeding system will aggravate the problem. Dur to "sucking" air past the master cylinder back seal.I have the van back on the road but it still catches when I select reverse. I got a guy I know to have a look but he was a bit baffled, he normally works on boats. Is there a replacement slave with a proper nipple, I am also thinking of fitting a new master cylinder.
I've never had this much trouble before with a clutch.