red92s

This little problem started yesterday. If the car is cold (not driven in 5-10 hours), the clutch pedal will not return when depressed to crank the car. It returns some, maybe half way, and then kinda "sticks". I can nudge the pedal with my toe and it will spring out the rest of the way. If I firewall the clutch and row through the gears a few times while stationary, the problem subsides. A quick visual inspection reveals no leaks or any damage beneath car, and nothing "out of the ordinary" in the pedal assembly itself. Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

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7/20/2000 - 4/09/2007

Replaced with: "Zoom-Room"; 2003 Mazda Protege5

red92si

Check the clutch fluid reservoir. Open it up and have someone pump the clutch and look for bubbles in the fluid. The same thing happened to my friends Eclipse and it turned out to be air in the hydraulic lines. No big problem. Just pump the clutch pedal until there are no more bubbles, and then top off the fluid reservoir.

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Tyler

go pre

wouldn't you have to bleed the clutch fluid? I replaced my fluid before and I had to bleed it to get the air out (similar to bleeding the brakes).

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red92si

You might have to bleed. I have never dealt with air in my ludes clutch lines. On my friends eclipse he was able to just pump the air out.

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Tyler

fourthgeneration

yeah one time I had no clutch fluid I was dumb enough to not drain it all out and I just poured some in there. eventually i had to drain it all

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1992 Prelude SI Type SH EBP VTEC BB1 SiR H23 DOHC 4th gen Type-R BB4 Milano Nordic Mist F22 JDM-spec 5th gen Type-S 4WS H22 EDM Mugen edition

prelude2005

master or slave cylinders could be going out...like mine did

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red92s

any other symptoms I could look for to give me a better idea what the problem might be?

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7/20/2000 - 4/09/2007

Replaced with: "Zoom-Room"; 2003 Mazda Protege5