| Subject: | Mitsubishi Eclipse Repair |
| Question: | 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse,
2.0L, manual I have replaced the clutch, pressure plate, etc. I'm having problems bleeding the hydraulic clutch system. I seem to keep getting air in the line. Is is from the slave cylinder or the master cylinder? Alyssa |
| Answer: | Alyssa, Air getting into your system could be from either your master cylinder or your slave. My bet is that this may be from your slave. If you're trying to bleed your clutch by yourself, it will take a while. I was able to do mine by myself, but it took me close to 45 minutes. The best is to have 2 other friends help you out. Station one of your friends at this reservoir and have them keep it full. (very important to keep out air bubbles) Next, station one of your friends in your driver's seat. Their job is to slowly push in the clutch. Now, your job is to turn the bleeder after the clutch man pushes the clutch pedal to the floor. Then, tighten it back up, and then have the clutch man pull the pedal back up. (Remember that it is the clutch arm fork that pushes the clutch peddle back up so when you are bleeding the system, it is normal to have to pull the pedal back up off of the floor). At this point the refill guy should be refilling. Do this a bunch of times. You will see a big pocket of air go through the system and after that happens you should do it a couple more times just to make sure. Check for leaks. You will know your system is bled correctly when you can put
the car in gear, push in the clutch, and with the car jacked
up, turn the tire by hand. If you have AWD you will, of course
have to do some additional jacking at this point. If you
can not, then you need to do some more system bleeding. |