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<blockquote data-quote="XP900" data-source="post: 16509234" data-attributes="member: 199546"><p>There is no easy way to completely flush the clutch system even wen changing all the lines. I guess repeated clutching and changing the reservoir fluid multiple times would dilute the fluid and get most of it out....which is what I will probably due over the next few months and keep my eye on it. </p><p>But I now know that the blackish mixture is definitely something in the clutch mechanism that is rusting or disintegrading. I saw no discoloration in any of the brake fluid as I pushed it through the lines and I removed and cleaned the MC too just in case. The particles/film tends to coat the inside of the reservoir turning it very dark and making it impossible to even see the fluid or level from the outside. I removed the reservoir and replaced it with a new one (without the output pipe for the clutch supply line) since I couldn't really even clean it completely with it out of the vehicle. With about 200 miles on the car after this, the brake system is clear and clean and the clutch system fluid already has the discoloration and blackish particles working their way up to the reservoir from probably the fluid that was still in the actual clutch mechanism. I'm sure that as I clean and dilute the clutch system with new fluid I will still see the contamination slowly occur. If you saw the fluid you would realize it is not moisture contaminating the fluid but rather something disintegrating. I have four cars and flush their systems every two to 3 years, I have never seen anything like this in any vehicle I have ever owned...not even close to this even in peoples vehicles who never changed their fluids in 10 years. And whatever it is, it appears to be accelerating with time since it only starting happening to where it was even noticeable within the last 3 years as the car is aging....maybe time for new clutch mechanism with only 40K.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XP900, post: 16509234, member: 199546"] There is no easy way to completely flush the clutch system even wen changing all the lines. I guess repeated clutching and changing the reservoir fluid multiple times would dilute the fluid and get most of it out....which is what I will probably due over the next few months and keep my eye on it. But I now know that the blackish mixture is definitely something in the clutch mechanism that is rusting or disintegrading. I saw no discoloration in any of the brake fluid as I pushed it through the lines and I removed and cleaned the MC too just in case. The particles/film tends to coat the inside of the reservoir turning it very dark and making it impossible to even see the fluid or level from the outside. I removed the reservoir and replaced it with a new one (without the output pipe for the clutch supply line) since I couldn't really even clean it completely with it out of the vehicle. With about 200 miles on the car after this, the brake system is clear and clean and the clutch system fluid already has the discoloration and blackish particles working their way up to the reservoir from probably the fluid that was still in the actual clutch mechanism. I'm sure that as I clean and dilute the clutch system with new fluid I will still see the contamination slowly occur. If you saw the fluid you would realize it is not moisture contaminating the fluid but rather something disintegrating. I have four cars and flush their systems every two to 3 years, I have never seen anything like this in any vehicle I have ever owned...not even close to this even in peoples vehicles who never changed their fluids in 10 years. And whatever it is, it appears to be accelerating with time since it only starting happening to where it was even noticeable within the last 3 years as the car is aging....maybe time for new clutch mechanism with only 40K. [/QUOTE]
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