squashy clutch pedal

[hairnet]

2001 civic 1.6 (i know i know)

 

fine going oxon

 

coming back was going down fish hill chasing a slow mong in a merc

 

got to bottom where roundabout is and went to change down and squashy and graunch as went into gear - shit mesen and did next two roundabouts in 5th and hoped it wasnt gonna do a tasmanian devil

 

when plucked up courage to touch it again (HELL NO JIMY SAVILL)

 

it was fine

 

did it twice again between there and home - the second time had to put foot under and pull pedal up

 

apart from it being 1130 and pissing down i wasnt about to check fluid etc

 

what else may be wrong

 

fank yoo (praying for simple fix)

 

 

[twosmoke300]

Check the fluid level ( little pot on the rover shape or combined with the brake fluid on the later ones)

 

Then pull the rubber boot back on the slave cylinder , if its wet then a new one reqd.

[skattrd]

Sounds like it could be the slave cyl

[hairnet]

oh furk

 

ta

[hairnet]

checked level and it needs a top up so will do that hopefully thats all it needs

 

note to self when opening resovior - dont dropp rubber boot onto crossmember :\ (its persisting down)

[Bobthebeard]

checked level and it needs a top up so will do that hopefully thats all it needs

 

note to self when opening resovior - dont dropp rubber boot onto crossmember :\ (its persisting down)

Still possible slave cylinder leakage if fluid level is dropping though....

[Six-cylinder]

Symptoms sound identical to when the clutch slave failed on my MG ZT-T down to having to pull the pedal up with my foot. It was always alright when I started a journey and if I did not use it much it recovered between gear changes but sat in traffic the bite point sank lower and lower until I had to pull it back up with my foot. I had a new clutch slave and it is now perfect.