Here's an odd one; can anyone thing of a reason why I might be out of clutch fluid?
I'm pretty sure that's all the problem is, but I noticed the pedal had way too much play before the clutch released... and thought "oh crap, not this again!" because it's only been about 6 months since the box was out to put a Helix Organic one in, and maybe 9 months since I put a new slave cylinder in.
It was pretty dark, put I popped the bonnet and had a look... the fork seemed to be pretty tight (no play in it), so I checked the reservoir; empty (well as best I could see in the dark).
So I've stopped worrying and I'll top it up tomorrow. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions about where I should be checking to see how it escaped. I haven't noticed any funny oily marks under the car, nor in the footwell... but there has been a lot of snow on the ground and my mats are black so I could have missed it.
What I'd really like to hear is that it's something to do with the freezing temperatures rather than a likely sign that my master cylinder is on the way out. Even a split hydraulic line would be better than trying to get that barsteward out!
I'm pretty sure that's all the problem is, but I noticed the pedal had way too much play before the clutch released... and thought "oh crap, not this again!" because it's only been about 6 months since the box was out to put a Helix Organic one in, and maybe 9 months since I put a new slave cylinder in.
It was pretty dark, put I popped the bonnet and had a look... the fork seemed to be pretty tight (no play in it), so I checked the reservoir; empty (well as best I could see in the dark).
So I've stopped worrying and I'll top it up tomorrow. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions about where I should be checking to see how it escaped. I haven't noticed any funny oily marks under the car, nor in the footwell... but there has been a lot of snow on the ground and my mats are black so I could have missed it.
What I'd really like to hear is that it's something to do with the freezing temperatures rather than a likely sign that my master cylinder is on the way out. Even a split hydraulic line would be better than trying to get that barsteward out!