320i e30 - clutch problem.. pls help...

[wind]

I hope you can help me. I bought 320i as my daily car. Car is in a good overall condition, unfortunatelly it has some minior problems. I already sloved some problems with electicity, bought new brakes, changed oil..

Yday clutch started to act funny - when I was going to work after ~20min of driving on a motorway I had to stop on the lights. When the lights turned geen I pressed the clutch and I didn't feel the clutch - like it would be loose. I pressed it again - nothing. After the third time it worked, but its very close to the floor. After changing the gears a few times it was working ok in the middle - as usuall, but than again 'clutch working area' moved from middle to near the floor. simillar history again.. Once its working in the middle once near the floor.

what should I check and where?

[jlevie]

The first thing to check would be the clutch hudraulic system. Have someone push the pedal and see if the slave cylinder moves with the pedal. You could have a bad slave or master cylinder and if one is bad the slave won't move in concert with the pedal. Also check for leaks.

[joshh]

Bingo. When the slave goes out it's usually pretty quick. Also make sure you have the system bled and clean fluid in there.