Hi everyone,

 

Sorry for the lengthy post - I've recently got my zed back together after having it up in the air over the past few months undersealing, changing the prop, doing the belts etc. Got her back on the floor last weekend and tried to move it round the drive to find I couldn't engage any gears. Checked the clutch reservoir and it was low/empty so I put some fluid in and bled it through but still no clutch. The boot on the slave cylinder looks pretty damp inside so does mean this is the most likely culprit? I tried to check the master cylinder using a hose clamp on the flexi pipe to the slave cyliner and the pedal goes really firm so I dont think that's the problem. Opinions please?

 

Also, the engine wasn't particularly smokey before I parked it up (sometimes the odd bit after idling for a while) but now it will smoke the street out especially if you rev it - sometimes from both exhausts but normally from just the drivers side (individual pipes all the way down). I've made sure there's not too much oil in (drained some out till its half way on the dipstick rather than full) so I assumed the next step would be PCVs. But, when I was checking the clutch slave earlier I noticed on the drivers side turbo elbow flange is an oil drip so it looks like the exhaust/turbo is full of oil and its leaking out of the join between the elbow and the downpipe - is this a sign the turbo oil seal has completely failed after being standing?

 

Thanks in advance,

James

First thing the clutch, if the slave is wet then yes i'd suspect that being the culprit. Clean it up and dry it off and get somebody to pump the pedal while you watch it. It could be a lose or damaged pipe etc, or could be the seals are shot. So a quick clean should help identify where it is.

 

The second one. If you can see oil around that area then again try and spray some cleaner round there and run it up to investigate. There might be a drip coming from the rocker cover etc causing that.

Does it smoke up on boost? colour of smoke etc. It could be a build up of shite that needs clearing out even.

Cheers for the fast reply. I've tried cleaning both the areas and both drips seem to come back. I cant see where the drip on the exhaust is coming from. At the moment there's no chance of testing it on boost as I can't get it into gear.

 

Cheers,

James

fair point :D if its damp inside the boot around the piston area then its most probably knackered so id get that changed mate

Cheers for the reply again bud. Yeah thats my thinking that even if it isnt the slave cylinder and I just havent bled it quite properly it's only a matter of time before the cylinder goes if its weeping already. I'll get one ordered up after the bank holiday - unless anyone knows of a way of refurbing them?

 

Cheers,

James