Clutch pedal sank to the floor?!?

[spiDmang]

Hey guys.

So I get into my car, start her up, then put her in reverse. I back her up and try to put it into 1st when I realize my shifter won't come out of gear. I shut the car off, take the shifter out of gear then realize my clutch pedal isnt springing back up.

At this point, I take my foot and pull the pedal up. To my surprise, it some how regains spring and I am able to drive it fine (shifting thru all gears)...


Any ideas? This is a first time occurance!

[Keith M]

And it didn't do it again?

[PNWDan]

Check your brake fluid. The clutch feeds off the same tank. I think if your slave leaked all the fluid out it would do that until I drew more in.

[eurotrash]

my old car used to do that all the time. i was told it was a bad slave cylinder but i just had to pull the pedal up and it would work fine for a month or 2 so i nvr got to swapping it out.

[e30austin]

Sounds like a clutch master or slave. If you change the slave, remember that they have to be reverse bled.

[spiDmang]

Sounds good guys. This is the first time it's happened. Looks I got more on my to-do list:hitler:

[2mAn]

Same thing happened the first month I had my M5. Bought a new slave from Pelican, bled the fluid out using their special tool (the bleeder isnt in the best position) and didnt have a problem after that. Kind of a PITA ...

[cbouchez]

I did mine a while back not to hard to replace but a pain to remove...

[PNWDan]

My slaves been randomly leaking. Its on my E30 to do list. For now I just watch the fluid.