Steam from clutch
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Melting Slicks
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Steam from clutch
Just started the car up today took it around the block just to keep the rotors clean and I noticed steam coming out from where the clutch line seems to run ...smelled like clutch fluid ..checked tank sure enough it’s low ...filled again check about a month later low ...do t get it clutch is practically brand new problem in the slave line maybe not connected tight slight leak ?
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Just started the car up today took it around the block just to keep the rotors clean and I noticed steam coming out from where the clutch line seems to run ...smelled like clutch fluid ..checked tank sure enough it’s low ...filled again check about a month later low ...do t get it clutch is practically brand new problem in the slave line maybe not connected tight slight leak ?
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Melting Slicks
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From: California
Figured the pipe line connection to the slave and master has a slight leak proofs of random whiteish smoke smells like either clutch fluid or windshield washer for sure ....Called up the garage that did the install just a few months ago and I haven’t out but a few hundred miles on it since ,they offered to inspect it can’t be nothing more then a loose connection I would think as its just a small drip nothing on the ground so it’s purely only under operation....
Either that or it’s just boiling over for some reason maybe the connection is to close to the exhaust manifold and is literally evaporating the fluid as it travels up and down through the that particular hot spot ....This is also a likely situation given I can see just how close it is. No big issue just a hick up
Either that or it’s just boiling over for some reason maybe the connection is to close to the exhaust manifold and is literally evaporating the fluid as it travels up and down through the that particular hot spot ....This is also a likely situation given I can see just how close it is. No big issue just a hick up
Last edited by Speedy007; Oct 26, 2020 at 02:53 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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So I got poking around and saw a small puddle of something on the lower shroud dust cover ...windshield washer fluid ....ya that would make white smoke figure it’s got to be in the sprayer lines just above the connector piece underneath seems to look a bit corrosive I can only imagine there’s brittle spots and a leak somewhere so I’ll be replacing the tank sensor plug ...and the sprayer rubber lines ...maybe a new o ring fitting in the tank to seal the plug sensor nice ....As for the clutch fluid maybe it’s normal use ...all seemed dry but will know for sure when it’s in the air
