Hi All,

 

Just drove my Skokda 2011 Octavia estate - when I first pulled away the clutch pedal was sticking down and I had to flick it back up with my foot to change gear.

About a mile later and it was stuck to the floor and I wasn't able to change gear and was stuck in 1st - i did briefly manage to pull it back up again to go into and neutrel and then back into first but was then stuck in first and crawling until I managed to pull over. Some strange noises as well! Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going on?

Air in system drawn in through concentric slave cylinder, gearbox out job to change.

 

Search the forum for multiple threads on the subject.

 

Bleeding it will resolve it for a short period and may buy you some time but the frequency of recurrence becomes shorter and shorter, in the end I was having to bleed mine every 5 miles in urban traffic.

 

Pulling the pedal up actually draws more air in but what other choice do you have!

2 hours ago, bassmolby said:

Just drove my Skokda 2011 Octavia estate

It would be useful to other readers if you could give us your engine code as not all engines have a concentric slave clutch cylinder

You can find the engine code on a sticker in the spare wheel well.

Thanks.

Slave cylinder had it on both my octavias part is cheap enough its a bit of a fiddly job to do mine are 2005 and 2008 but i imagine later models are much the same

9 hours ago, pikpilot said:

not all engines have a concentric slave clutch cylinder

But all slave cylinders have the OP's quoted failure mode.

Do you know that for a fact through first hand experience? Of both types?

 

I know of dozens of internal concentric cylinders mine included that have failed in that exact manner, I have forensically examined mine looking for how air can be drawn in without fluid leaking out, common to all the failures of the concentric slave cylinder, I have found the source (O ring between 2 plastic parts) which is unique to the concentric cylinder and does not exist on the external slave cylinder.

 

I had an external slave fail on my MK1 Octavia, it leaked fluid, the pedal did not exhibit the sticking half way but the clutch would gradually engage when the clutch was held down for any length of time at traffic lights for instance. I have known of a few other external slaves fail in that way but in general they are very robust, my leak was caused by a garage not clicking the seal onto the pipe nipple, I have not heard of an external cylinder failing in the familiar way of the internal concentric one, that does not mean it has never happened, please enlighten us @Paws4Thot