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![]() Always good to see the many 'How To's' on the forum, although you don't tend to get any 'I tried this and it isn't worth doing' threads.
![]() The jury is still out on this one - it could go either way, and is probably leaning towards the latter. ![]() Many of us have been there with a leaking slave cylinder, some more than once or twice. Well after a fair few years since the last change my slave cylinder is leaking again. Fitting the GhettoTech Easy Read And Top Up Tube, I can see I am losing around 3ml per week. ![]() Interestingly, if the pedal is depressed overnight it stays pressurised, and also it took 3 or so weeks before there was any fluid visibly leaking from under the gearbox. Years ago I had a weep from one of the steering rack seals, and used some of this: ![]() It swells the rubber seals and worked a treat - the rack has now covered over 409k miles in over 20 years. I wondered if the same product could do the same job with the slave cylinder, so I have added half a tube to 500ml of clutch fluid and filled the circuit with it. Have already bought a Borg and Beck replacement and have a good DMF to fit, as the original was worn near the limits last time round and that was over 100k ago. I'll keep you posted. ![]() |
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![]() I tried something similar about a 6 months ago on a customers car, that I couldn’t afford to have the clutch done on straightaway, and I haven’t seen the car back yet so can’t say whether it worked or not but when they spoke to me about a month later they did say it was still holding so this will be interesting please keep us posted
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] T4 Owner Jobs done : new UBP, Spy hole mod, Rear hub(wheel bearing),plenum cleaned and emptied, Inline thermostat fitted,Full service, In car Digital tv/DVD Bluetooth Satnav etc, Replaced UBP, Restored headlights,Fixed airbag connection.replaced HP pump,replaced rear light seals,changed intercooler O rings. Jobs to do: ,replace drivers lock,. ![]() |
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![]() Cheers Mick - sounds like a ray of hope!
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![]() I'll monitor this to see updates
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![]() Time for an update; the level is now constant so the leak has stopped. I'll keep monitoring and see how it goes.
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![]() The slave cylinder on mine must have started to leak slightly in the cars 16 year life.
---I injected some fluid into the bleed screw 6 months or more ago and the clutch has been working fine since then.-- ![]() However Mike your experiment is interesting and I'll be following your thread with the hope you've found a sort of cure.--- ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] T4 Owner Jobs done : new UBP, Spy hole mod, Rear hub(wheel bearing),plenum cleaned and emptied, Inline thermostat fitted,Full service, In car Digital tv/DVD Bluetooth Satnav etc, Replaced UBP, Restored headlights,Fixed airbag connection.replaced HP pump,replaced rear light seals,changed intercooler O rings. Jobs to do: ,replace drivers lock,. ![]() |
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