I've had issues with my clutch not disengaging fully so I decided to try bleeding the clutch. I couldn't get it to bleed and actually made it worse so I took it in for a $55 diagnostic at Goodyear. They told me both master and slave needed replacing. I ordered the parts and put them in myself. When removing the slave I cold tell at least it was bad by the difference in pressure between the two. I bench bled the master, used a cheap $9 pump to force fluid through the master, tried gravity bleeding, standard two person bleeding, I bought a vacuum bleeder pump and tried bleeding through the slave, I've adjusted the clutch pedal rod in and out multiple times and finally last night he car went into gear. I drove it around about a mile circuit including highway and the car was running but not up to par where I'd like it to be. I decided to park her in the garage and he next day take it in and get it professionally bled. Now I go in and go to drive it and I'm back at square one. I have slight pressure on the pedal but I can't get the car in any gear. I tried pumping the clutch pedal but nothing works. My question is this, it sounds to me that there is air still in the lines and that there may be a leak somewhere for air to enter the system. Is there anyway to locate a leak or rule out one? What other options or trouble shooting steps do I have? Thanks in advance I've been racking my brain for a few weeks over this!

 

Update: I just went out a few hours ago and I still have slight pressure on the pedal, the pedal returns on it's own, and I don't see any fluid loss (reservoir or underneath the car)

 

No help?

 

Hi Eddie -

The year, mileage and trim of your car would help. So would a list of aftermarket components. There could be multiple clutch problems at play depending on which 350Z you own. Read the sticky on how to post a problem report and go from there. These cars are notoriously difficult to bleed, but if you have a 2007 - 2009, you're particularly screwed, and need to get an aftermarket clutch kit to solve the problem. There are literally several hundred threads about this.