I am headed out for the Wake the Dragon event tomorrow, and so I bled my clutch and replaced all the fluid.

I took it for a test drive and all was OK at first. Then about 15min into the drive, I was stopped at a light and anticipating the light turning green I went to put the car back into gear, but the clutch would not disengage, and the car would not go into gear. The pedal stayed on the floor. I was able to pump the pedal with my foot, and it built up enough pressure to disengage the clutch, and I was able to drive away.

About a block later, I tried to upshift in traffic and the same thing happened. Again, I pumped the pedal and it came back to life.

I drove around for another 20 mins or so. I stopped at a couple of lights and never had a problem again. At a couple of the lights I made sure to take the car out of gear and release the clutch, and at others I held the pedal to the floor.

The car pulls hard, the clutch does not seem to slip at all. The clutch point has not changed, and I could easily slip the clutch starting from a stop or on an upshift.

My guess is that there was an airbubble in there, but it has worked itself out. However, I want to err on the side of caution and ask the experts. Should I bleed the clutch again?

 

Well, I did not have a chance to bleed the clutch again. I drove all the way to the Dragon, drove the Dragon and other roads in the area several times, and all the way home with no problems at all.

 

good to hear