Troubleshooting a nonworking clutch
 

Hey all, trying to figure out how to go forward here.

Yes, I've used the search.

The clutch pedal assembly has been rewelded under warranty and is NOT broken. It is peachy keen and pedal is great.

Basically what is happening, when the car is warm, the clutch doesn't work.
I am thinking it is somehow related to me changing my front brake pads and recompressing the calipers without bleeding the brakes or clutch. The fluid container is very near the max line (still under, though).

Car was working fine until I was coming home from work about two days after doing the brakes, went to shift into 3rd and the clutch didn't engage. Pedal in -> not out of gear. Got it towed home...

Jacked up the car today to see if it was the slave cylinder, but I can't figure it is. I compressed the slave cylinder by hand and it took about 40 clutch pedal presses to refill the slave cylinder with fluid enough that it would engage the clutch.... And that's where the weird part is... I drove it around the block while it was cold. However, as soon as it warmed up, the clutch wasn't working again...

When it's warm, it makes a super weird sound and loses all pressure in the clutch pedal (well, not ALL. when the slave cylinder was fully compressed the pedal went to the floor and stuck, however when it had fluid in it (natural resting position?) it was just very, very soft.)

Here's a video of the sound. It's only at the VERY TOP of the pedal travel, well before it would normally engage the clutch.


I have a full toolbox, but not any weird stuff... I looked up a guide on how to bleed the clutch but I am not sure if it's even worth pursuing that avenue.