09-07-2015, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Golden Isles,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Cobra. 350 Chevy Engine, blueprinted, heads cc'd, ported, polished, manifolds matched, big valves, 1.6 roller rockers, TB Injected, mild cam, MSD crank trigger electronic ignition. TKO-600 transmission. XKE Jaguar rear. IFS by Fast Cars
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Will Clutch/Brake fluid damage the clutch.
I have an internal slave cylinder that leaked and I'm guessing it leaked into/onto the clutch plate. Will the clutch plate be damaged as a result of this.
Evidence of the leak was obvious as all the paint was stripped off the clutch pressure-plate housing. And dripping fluid from the bell housing was the next clue and the final was that the car would start to creep forward with the clutch pedal depressed.
I have replaced the internal slave cylinder and the leak has gone away. But now when I accelerate pedal-to-the-metal the clutch has started slipping.
Has anyone experienced this wet clutch problem and did the clutch return to normal after drying out. Or will the fluid soaked clutch now have irreversible damage.
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