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Originally Posted by kerry Phillips
Clean up the lost brake fluid before it is too late, maintenance is far cheaper then replacement.
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Maintenance is cheaper...
Also you're pooring money for that fluid down the drain (and onto your foot)
The weird thing your clutch pedal is doing is because you need to rebuild the master clutch cylinder. Inside the cylinder is a little piston (thing of the one in the engine) on one side is the brake fluid, and the other side you push to make the fluid move. What you have going on is that your getting blow by (as in like what can happen to your engine
) and the fluid is leaking out. The same thing was happening to my slave cylinder for one of my rear drum brakes on my old car, ya it ate through a bit of brake fluid
It should be known though, that i'm pretty sure the master cylinder is a little bit more complex than the basic idea i described, but it's basically how it works. Also, that might not be the only source of your leak.
ebouwman's disclaimer to anyone reading this: IF YOU ARE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID GET IT FIXED RIGHT AWAY AND DON'T DRIVE THE DAMNED CAR UNTIL YOU DO. What i did by not fixing it immediately was stupid