Clutch Problem

[siii8873]

Removed master and slave. Oil very dirty. Master cleaned up, bore great, slides smooth. Slave really crudded up, hanging up, some corrosion in bore. Not smoother after cleaning.
Plan rebuild master, replace slave. Parts on order, in stock with host, should have tomorrow. Will need to get my well trained wife to help w/ bleeding.
Bob

[albersj51]

I'm new to Rovers, so take this with a grain of salt. I had a similar situation with one of my other cars (1990 Mazda miata). First it was the cluth slave cylinder...rebuilt it ran fine for 2 years. Started hapenning again but this time it was the master cylinder. I'd rebuild/replace one of the two (assuming a rover has both).

It sounds like when it sits for a while it's leaking hydrolic pressure...just my .02. Best of luck!

[bmohan55]

Had the same problem in my Miata (2001 SE), found out that you need to replace the clutch fluid as it absorbs water and pits the slave...went thru two slaves before I figured that out. Probably the same with Rovers.

[albersj51]

Those miata slave cylinders are horrible, but fairly easy to rebuild. All the other mechanical/electrical stuff is built very well though.