Can anyone out there help me with this? I love my Mazda, but I have never been much of a car guy until this lovely black beauty came along.
When I keep the clutch in for too long, it just stays on the floor. I can bring it back up with my foot, pump it a few times, and it is fine. But anytime I keep it in too long it just stays on the floor.
My guess is to bleed the clutch but I have no real idea how to do that?
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!

 

i have the exact same problem. It sounds more like a leak than an air bubble. Start by looking if the slave cylinder, the one on the transmission, is leaking. You will have to remove 2 bolts to see it, be patient, they are not really well placed. Stick your head under the steering wheel and check if the cylinder at the clutch pedal is leaking also. After that look at the cylinder in the engine bay, you might have to remove the cruise control (if you have one) to have acces to it.

If nothing is leaking, try bleeding it, if it doesn't work, it means that the master cylinder is leaking by the inside like mine. I ordered mine and should be putting it on as soon as my car is coming out of storage. If it doesn't work than i am really confuse.

to bleed the clutch, you need to go under the car, on the transmission. There should be a nipple like the ones on the brakes, it will be near the slave cylinder. You will need someone to push the clutch and as soon as the pedal is all the way down, the other person close the valve. And then you repeat. You won't have to do it for long because there is not much fluid in the clutch line, it is very short. It is pretty much the same thing as brake bleeding, at least, i think.

Can anyone confirm everything i just wrote, just to be sure...

thanks

puma

 

The clutch and the brakes on the 7 share the same fluid. First check the fluid level (driver side firewall) and the quality of the fluid (color). If it's just the level, then add more. If it's the level and/or the quality then you'll need to bleed it. You can simply go through the brake bleeding procedure and you should be good to go.

 

THANKS!!!! I will be doing this on Saturday morning so hopefully the weather holds and I get back out on the road....