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<blockquote data-quote="XP900" data-source="post: 16511307" data-attributes="member: 199546"><p>Its possible it is really old brake fluid in the clutch system but the clutch system appears to circulate the fluid within it much more than a braking system ever would. If I keep flushing the new clutch reservoir I will be able to tell after a few months if the problem stops since most of the fluid would have been exchanged. </p><p></p><p>When I removed the clutch pedal, I cleaned the clutch M/C and replaced the bell housing line with SS and the supply line when I added the new reservoir. All the fluid down to the top of the bell housing was removed. After I added new fluid and got the clutch working, I had already noticed the black silt (old brake fluid from housing ??) coming up at the bottom of the new clutch reservoir. The only old fluid left would have been in the bell housing side. I will keep changing the fluid in the reservoir for a while and it should dilute any old fluid that was left in the bell housing since the clutch action does appear to slowly circulate the fluid within entire the clutch system, much faster than I thought it would. This is how the brake fluid gets contaminated. The clutch fluid appears to slowly circulate due to the pedal action and the contaminated (bad) clutch fluid works its way up to the reservoir. If there is only one reservoir and the fluid is at the max level, the clutch fluid intermixes with the brake fluid and both are now contaminated. Even though there are some channels in the reservoir, the fluid will still intermix with both systems in the single reservoir system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XP900, post: 16511307, member: 199546"] Its possible it is really old brake fluid in the clutch system but the clutch system appears to circulate the fluid within it much more than a braking system ever would. If I keep flushing the new clutch reservoir I will be able to tell after a few months if the problem stops since most of the fluid would have been exchanged. When I removed the clutch pedal, I cleaned the clutch M/C and replaced the bell housing line with SS and the supply line when I added the new reservoir. All the fluid down to the top of the bell housing was removed. After I added new fluid and got the clutch working, I had already noticed the black silt (old brake fluid from housing ??) coming up at the bottom of the new clutch reservoir. The only old fluid left would have been in the bell housing side. I will keep changing the fluid in the reservoir for a while and it should dilute any old fluid that was left in the bell housing since the clutch action does appear to slowly circulate the fluid within entire the clutch system, much faster than I thought it would. This is how the brake fluid gets contaminated. The clutch fluid appears to slowly circulate due to the pedal action and the contaminated (bad) clutch fluid works its way up to the reservoir. If there is only one reservoir and the fluid is at the max level, the clutch fluid intermixes with the brake fluid and both are now contaminated. Even though there are some channels in the reservoir, the fluid will still intermix with both systems in the single reservoir system. [/QUOTE]
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