PSA: Bleed your clutch

Mike2kS4 · 05-13-2006, 06:53 PM

I noted my pedal was acting a bit funny, engaging lower than normal so I decided to bleed the clutch.

What joooo need:

Cold engine

9mm 1/4" drive DEEEEP socket

1/4" rat****

What joooo need to do:

Unbolt and move your coolant tank.

reach down in there and put your ratchet/9mm socket on the clutch slave cylinder.

Either,

A: pump up your brake bleeder with new fluid and loosen the fitting and let the fluid dribble for a while.

or

B: Have someone pump the clutch down/bleed/pump/bleed/you get the picture.

anyhow, If you haven't done it in 2yrs... I'd strongly suggest it.

BLK01S4::HB B!SH · 05-13-2006, 06:57 PM

Mike2kS4 · 05-13-2006, 07:00 PM

My other car could have had a DSG, but it wasn't good enough for me, or the wife.

FWIW, DSG is brilliant and the best ATX I have ever driven... but comes short.

ZephyrS4 · 05-13-2006, 07:04 PM

It has started to make a little groaning noise when letting it out slow.

Mike2kS4 · 05-13-2006, 07:09 PM

It's a bit of a reach. Make sure the Engine is cold. My impatience and high pain tolerance resulted in 2nd degree burns on my forearms, lol.

~~ModifiedA4~~ · 05-13-2006, 07:10 PM

the bleeder is plastic, and easy to break.

Mike2kS4 · 05-13-2006, 07:15 PM

Mine has lasted since 1999.

BLK01S4::HB B!SH · 05-13-2006, 10:23 PM

"Hot .. Not" a sleeve that goes over your arm for doing nutty jobs like we do =] works well!

Silver Streakin' · 05-14-2006, 06:34 AM

(if you do it from below on a lift)

if you don't move out of the way, the fluid will either end up in your arm pit or on your shoe.

~~ModifiedA4~~ · 05-14-2006, 08:19 AM

05-13-2006, 06:57 PM	#2
BLK01S4::HB B!SH AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,915	I lack that pedal :P __________________ Stage III Tip : ??? FATS (Race Gas) 3.43 Average Pump gas --------------- Fastest Tiptronic! ET: 12.259@118.25mph "Turbos are usually the cheapest/easiest way to add power - Posted by: Corrado79 on 2008-05-21 13:22:49 "Amazing that he could maintain a wedgie and talk out of his * at the same time. That's one skill he CAN lay claim to. - Skydive@W?? 2007-12-18" --- "good I just added you to my " bitch " VIP list ." -Professional customer service - SIMPPLY@WMS 2007-12-17 --- "i tried the propane file on butane and it blew my **ing grill up." - mjtaylor:ipedream 2007-08-23 14:21:46 --- "It takes a problem which we don't have and doesn't even solve it" - Mirror\|rorriM on 2006-09-26 --- "but yeah you want open loop when you go wot ;-)" - PiggieSmalls on 2006-11-10 --- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ = !@$#!#!!@&%! ----

05-13-2006, 07:00 PM	#3
Mike2kS4 AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,096	You'd better work on that man. My other car could have had a DSG, but it wasn't good enough for me, or the wife. FWIW, DSG is brilliant and the best ATX I have ever driven... but comes short. __________________ 2002 S4 Avant, 6spd. Bone stock. <a href="http://www.autospeed.us"> </a> Caveat: Any advice I express regarding potential tuning and such is purely informational. If your knowledge and abilities are not up to the task, no amount of advice can assist.

05-13-2006, 07:04 PM	#4
ZephyrS4 AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,378	I've wondered about that. I've had the car 3 years and have never done it. It has started to make a little groaning noise when letting it out slow. __________________

05-13-2006, 07:09 PM	#5
Mike2kS4 AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,096	Just do it... It's a bit of a reach. Make sure the Engine is cold. My impatience and high pain tolerance resulted in 2nd degree burns on my forearms, lol. __________________ 2002 S4 Avant, 6spd. Bone stock. <a href="http://www.autospeed.us"> </a> Caveat: Any advice I express regarding potential tuning and such is purely informational. If your knowledge and abilities are not up to the task, no amount of advice can assist.

05-13-2006, 07:10 PM	#6
~~ModifiedA4~~ Banned Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 34,549	you forgot the standard clutch bleed disclaimer... the bleeder is plastic, and easy to break.

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05-13-2006, 07:15 PM	#7
Mike2kS4 AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,096	Thanks for the disclaimer ;) Mine has lasted since 1999. __________________ 2002 S4 Avant, 6spd. Bone stock. <a href="http://www.autospeed.us"> </a> Caveat: Any advice I express regarding potential tuning and such is purely informational. If your knowledge and abilities are not up to the task, no amount of advice can assist.

05-13-2006, 10:23 PM	#8
BLK01S4::HB B!SH AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,915	I have a product just for you its called "Hot .. Not" a sleeve that goes over your arm for doing nutty jobs like we do =] works well! __________________ Stage III Tip : ??? FATS (Race Gas) 3.43 Average Pump gas --------------- Fastest Tiptronic! ET: 12.259@118.25mph "Turbos are usually the cheapest/easiest way to add power - Posted by: Corrado79 on 2008-05-21 13:22:49 "Amazing that he could maintain a wedgie and talk out of his * at the same time. That's one skill he CAN lay claim to. - Skydive@W?? 2007-12-18" --- "good I just added you to my " bitch " VIP list ." -Professional customer service - SIMPPLY@WMS 2007-12-17 --- "i tried the propane file on butane and it blew my **ing grill up." - mjtaylor:ipedream 2007-08-23 14:21:46 --- "It takes a problem which we don't have and doesn't even solve it" - Mirror\|rorriM on 2006-09-26 --- "but yeah you want open loop when you go wot ;-)" - PiggieSmalls on 2006-11-10 --- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ = !@$#!#!!@&%! ----

05-14-2006, 06:34 AM	#9
Silver Streakin' Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: PA Posts: 42,031	and the other one (if you do it from below on a lift) if you don't move out of the way, the fluid will either end up in your arm pit or on your shoe. __________________ -Jeff 2001.5 A4 1.8TQMSCC with APR SIII, EVO FMIC, Stoptech-less, STaSIS Tracksports 600F/750R ACNA MidOhio video Montreal race school and PDA Pocono video

05-14-2006, 08:19 AM	#10
~~ModifiedA4~~ Banned Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 34,549	lol, exactly!

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