tateb

i was checking my oil today and looking around under the hood and noticed that the clutch fluid level is low. it never has been low before, the level reads just below the half line. it usually sits at max the last couple of times ive seen it.

ive owned the truck (91 Nissan Pickup 2.4 4cyl) for about 6 months now and havent done much work but regular oil changes and i did a rad flush and tranny flush about a month ago. the guy i bought it from owned it since 91 and he had never replaced the clutch so its now 13 years old.

the clutch feels fine, never slips or nothing. anyone know whats up?

jadcock

Well, check for a leak somewhere... To my knowledge, there's only one rubber line in the hydraulic clutch system...between the firewall area and the transmission itself (down to the clutch slave cylinder). Check for leaks at the master cylinder itself (perhaps the seal on the cap is breached?) and crawl under and check for leaks down at the slave cylinder. I don't know if clutch fluid stays wet when leaked (like oil) or if it dries (like brake clean), so it may or may not be hard to spot a leak. If it is kind of wet down there, be sure to isolate the problem to the hydraulic system instead of an engine oil leak or tranny oil leak.

My 4x4 has 182k miles on it and as near as I can tell, the clutch is original on mine too. himilefrontier has over 200k on his with the original clutch. Nissan's OEM clutch is a very good unit, and if/when mine finally goes out, I'll do the job with genuine Nissan parts.

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