Hi all

I am bidding on a donor car at the moment and the seller has advised me the "clutch servo" is broken.

Will the clutch still work enough to drive the car or is it now a tow/recovery job ?

thanks
Paul

Sounds like he means the clutch slave,

what car???

what are the symptoms of it not working???

Bit more info will help get you some response

Hi

Ok - its a BMW E36 325i - I haven't got exact symptoms as I am awaiting a mail back from him to give me a bit more info.

It does sound like the clutch slave I agree - if it is, is it likely to be driveable ?

Also (and apologies as I know this is going to sound like a stupid question) but presumably the power steering and brake hydraulics are seperate to clutch hydrualics ?

thanks for your help.

Yes, power steering and brake hydraulics are completely separate, powersteering will be in a contained unit that runs on a pulley from your crank, brake system will have a servo that works on pressure (normally from the manifold I think) from the engine, but again the fluid is self contained. I wasn't aware that any cars had cutch servos but I've been wrong before. Normally a hydraulic clutch system consists of a slave cylinder attached to the clutch fork and a master cylinder attached to the clutch pedal! HTH

Hi

I've had a look on the internet and it will be a clutch slave which is inserted into the gearbox.

Presumably the fluid is delivered via the clutch master.

BUT - apparently on this car the same resevoir is used for both brake and clutch.

So if the slave is weeping a bit - what are the chances of me getting it 30 miles which a catastrophic loss of hydraulic fluid. If it does suddnely go am I left with no brakes ?

thanks again.

nah,outlet for the clutch is higher than the brakes so you would run out of clutch first,just take some spare fluid

nice one thanks

if i win it, sounds like it'll make for an exciting trip back !!

Be careful, my dad had a citroen where everything was on the same system and a garage left a hammer under the bonnet that pulled out a tube and took out The brakes, the suspension, power steering and upset the 'box.

are you in the AA or RAC? drive it away from the seller and then call up for free recovery.