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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Hey everyone I have a little problem here. Last night I let my dad drive my car for the first time, he hasn
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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I'm not an expert, but ive already had this happen with my s as well, and a previous accord - both of which i let one too many people drive. I refilled the fluid as well this past week and havent had any problems with it going to the floor, even though it never originally did. Try flushing it and refilling the cylinder, if still not, maybe the clutch has gone bad o.O. Btw are you the original owner or did you just buy it?
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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It works now its just that I had to pump it when I got in the car today it feels a little mushy but I'm going to try flushing it see if that helps. I got the car about a year ago just hit 90000. Btw are there any writeups on flushing clutch fluid?
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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also you might wanna check the line if your dad was rough on the clutch he could have possibly caused a small leak in the line, this could be a long shot considering those lines are pretty strong, but from what it sounds like because of the mushiness does it go into gear fine?
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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He wasnt really that hard on it he only stalled the once but ya it goes into geat fine and I cant notice it leaking from anywhere I looked at the master cylinder inside the car and noticed a small amount of an oily substance on the tip of it but there were no spots that looked like it was dripping.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 03:30 AM
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See if the bleeder valve opened. That happened to me not long after I bought my car, and I thought my clutch was shot. The dealer had it back to normal in about an hour.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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Are you leaking fluid, or was it just low once. It sounds like you ran out of fluid at the master cylinder and then got air in the line. If that's true, you need to bleed the line. Unless you've at least bled brakes before, don't try it yourself, get a shop or mechanic friend involved. It's not that complicated, but there's plenty of easy ways to screwup and make it worse.

If you're actually leaking fluid then start pumping the pedal and looking for drips.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 08:30 AM
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I looked under the car and in the car and there were no signs of drips. Where is the bleeder valve located at?
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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If the pedal is spungy now you probably need to blead the system.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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I experienced the same thing. My master cylinder was leaking fluid. The extended warranty covered the replacement. Thankfully. Have it checked.
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