Brake Fluid Leak

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Ashleywood
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Brake Fluid Leak

Postby Ashleywood » Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:04 pm

Hi I have recently done a clutch and slave cylinder on a 2005 Renault megane after 3 weeks I went to the car and it wouldn't pull off I noticed the fluid was low and filled it up and bled the clutch back up the clutch works how ever the fluid is still leaking very slowly but cant see any visible leaks any ideas what or were the leak is thx.

grandadbobby
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Re: Brake Fluid Leak

Postby grandadbobby » Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:48 am

Hi,
the reservoir feeds both clutch and brakes. It's designed so if the clutch leaks, you've still got brakes.
If there's no visible leak and no problem with brakes, the odds are it's either the master cylinder, or the concentric slave in the bell housing I'm afraid.
My son had this happen in Australia, to check, he drilled a small hole in the bottom of the bell housing and had fluid come out.
It's another stupid idea to make them quicker to put together and cost more and harder to fix, further down the line.
Check for leaky master cylinder inside the car first.
Good luck
Bob.


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