Honda Accord and Clutch Problems

The cars gone in to the garage and they've called back to say that in their tests they've found that the master clutch cylinder is weak, the slave cylinder seems fine but that the clutch pressure plate is also faulty as it's not pushing back. They'll examine the slave cylinder once the clutch is out.

They've quoted me approx £600 to replace the clutch and master cylinder, does that sound like a fair price? No idea what make the clutch or master cylinder are but he did say that the clutch kit would be a special order as he doesn't fit low quality kits as it's not worth the hassle.
 
Matt-Page said:
Never done a clutch on an Accord, but £600 to do all of that, including parts is cheap IMO.
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He did say that he priced the job up as a whole slightly cheaper and that if I wanted I could have the master cylinder replaced first then if there were still problems which he said there would be due to a weak pressure plate I could then have the clutch replaced but that would work out costing more.

I've given the go ahead, means I'll have to now keep the car for at least another year to sort of get my monies worth out of the spend.
 
Another quick update in case it helps anybody.

The car is ready, turns out that it didn't need a new master or slave cylinder after all. When they came to replace the clutch they actually found that that something had stuck itself to something else :) I sort of switched off at that point, he said he would show me when I came to collect the car. After changing the clutch the clutch pedal is much softer, the garage said they had already ordered the master and slave clutch cylinders but won't return them for a few days in case and that I should take the car and drive it around for a bit to see how it feels and behaves.

The price for just changing the clutch is £460.

Clutches should last much longer and this was presumably because I keep the clutch dipped at the lights on level roads so let this be a lesson to myself and others. :)
 
Seems like a good result. I tended to have the bad habit of doing that too. Now I have it in neutral whenever I come to a stop.
 
Leaving your foot on the clutch won't have caused the clutch friction material to wear out quicker. The 2.4 has quite a lot of torque, so 78k miles doesn't sound too bad to me.
 
I've collected the car and boy what a difference. I suppose as the clutch gradually got worse I just got used to it. The pedal is now so soft and the gear changes back to being quite precise.
 
Been away for around a month and have just got back and am sad to report that the clutch problems are still there albeit with slightly different symptoms.

I sometimes still get the clutch pedal sticking so then have to raise with my foot manually, apart from this everything else feels fine. Am going to take the car back but was wondering if the experts here might hazard a guess as to which cylinder might be the cause? The garage said when I collected that they'd go for replacing the slave in the first instance if the problem was still there after the clutch replacement.
 
Since the clutch is normal again when you take it up it doesn't sound like a fluid leak. Sounds more like a faulty mechanism, they're usually spring assisted returns on a fulcrum so sounds like perhaps it's been maladjusted and when it goes beyond a certain point the spring can't cope hence staying on the floor? Does it ever do it if you don't put your foot all the way down?
 
miniyazz said:
Since the clutch is normal again when you take it up it doesn't sound like a fluid leak. Sounds more like a faulty mechanism, they're usually spring assisted returns on a fulcrum so sounds like perhaps it's been maladjusted and when it goes beyond a certain point the spring can't cope hence staying on the floor? Does it ever do it if you don't put your foot all the way down?
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Haven't tried playing around with but will do and report back. It also doesn't do this all the time, so I could be going along in traffic and the pedal will stick, so I raise it with my foot and then it's back to normal again so rises normally until it sticks again.
 
Cars been and back out, turns out it was a weeping slave cylinder as when they opened it up they found fluid under the rubber bush, so on some occasions it must have been losing pressure. They've changed it now for a grand old cost of £87 and the gradual biting point on the clutch is now back as opposed the previous on/off snatching action but having now driven the car and I can't quite put my finger (or foot) on it it still just doesn't feel right. Unless because I've been driving around with it defective for so long I no longer know or appreciate what a working clutch feels like :)

Guess I need to drive it around for a few days to see as they've said that if it still doesn't feel right then they'll change out the master.
 
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