How'd the old fluid look...black/brown?

 

Not too bad. Yellowish brown with tiny air bubbles in it.

 

Those bubbles are an issue, something is letting air in which means something is leaking. How else would the air get in?

 

Your slave might be bypassing...that's what mine was doing for a while...then it popped an o-ring on the bleeder end.

 

This!!


'Air' compresses (should really say gasses, but oh well...) fluid does not, really. Just like brake pedals feeling mushy when there is air in the brake lines, this is no different.

 

I'm going to bleed it again tomorrow and see what it looks like. Hopefully it was just a fluke. If not, I'll probably just replace the master and slave for the hell of it.

 

hey man how did you get that quick coupler back together i have been trying all day?

 

Mine did the same thing, and it was the master cylinder for the clutch, found a cheap after market one and it worked great for a few months then same thing again. so spend the money and either get a new orig. from the dealer or keep replacing them from time to time, but I learned my lesson on after market parts...also same thing for the Hydraulic throw out bearing, it is internal and the bearing actually expands and contracts as you use the pedal, it it-self is the slave cylinder, so if it is bad, you need a new hydraulic throw out bearing...E-Bay for about 60 bucks or over 100 from the dealer...remember you get what you pay for...good luck....