Guys, I'm getting ready to bleed the clutch system and wanted to know if anyone has used their brake bleeder to bleed the clutch system with? I'm not using it to add fluid, just to pressurize the system... I plan to take my motiv, rinse it with water to flush out any brake fluid, then air dry it with my compressor.

I noticed today when flushing the underside of the car with water that the accumulator was loose enough to see several exposed threads. When I tried to remove the cap on the p/s reservoir, it was vacuum locked on... took a fair amount of force to loosen it, and the cap on the clutch master... I imagine I have a ton of air in the system... Ugh...

surprisingly, the system wasn't very low on Pentosin.
Mike

 

I understand it's self bleeding.

When I replaced my accumulator, I just pumped the pedal as described in the manual.

 

You mean the "pump, Pump, Pump, HOLD <cracks bleed screw> "... Bleeding method?

Mike

 

No not like with brakes, PM me

 

Danyol, You gotta PM...

Mike

 

Danyol, can you please share how you bled the clutch?

 

Mike. I did used the Motive bleeder on two different TT and it work like a charm. I did not fill it with oil, only use it to pressurized the reservoir. but I had to keep an eye on the fluid level and refill the reservoir three times.... I pump it up to 25 pounds and keep it over 15 for the bleeding process.... Hope this help...

 

You guys do realize this thread is over a year old, right?

Mike

 

Has anything been changed or updated from this thread?

 

Yes, I broke my transmission and am now getting rid of the stock clutch hydraulics, accumulator, slave and nasty pentosin from the mix.

Mike

 

And I ate my words and used the motive to bleed the clutch

 

One year old!!!! Oups

 

I dont get it, is it bad to use the motive to bleed or not??

 

Who/What broke your tranny?

 

I'll answer both those questions for you...

On the MOTIV, there's a rubber seal in the cap. Pentosin HF202 is the stuff used in the Clutch Hydraulic system and that stuff eats rubber like no body's business... SOOOOO if you use the motiv to bleed the clutch system you'll have to rinse the seal in water (flushing the pentosin off completely) to insure you don't damage the seal, or risk having to replace the seal!

In my car, the trans was notchy from day one (we suspect from previous owner not properly installing a B&M shifter). Then I went and did this at the drag strip:



and I did a bunch of this over 2.5 years of use:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLQRnDHgvU

And finally the car just wouldn't shift into first without a lot of noise...

So it's getting "upgrades" to the tune of about $8K...

Should have it back in 2-3 weeks!

Mike