Goat Problems

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale) 01/19/2016 at 14:31 • Filed to: None

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No, not those cute fuzzy things that eat your homework and your teacher doesn’t believe you even after doing a show and tell on your pet goats, but now I am off topic. What I am talking about is my 2006 Pontiac GTO. So after having the car almost a year and putting 20k miles on it and still not finished my review, small issues have started to pop up. Most of it trim related and such, but one that has me baffled is my clutch issue. So I had the car in the air cause I was doing an oil change and days previously I had noticed a smell that seemed like hot oil, but slightly different. I have decided that, after cleaning the underside of my car and adding dye to the oil, it is clutch fluid leaking out somewhere from the slave cylinder because the fluid seems to be coming from a small slit in the bell housing. The weird thing is that when I hit it hard in first gear and go to grab second, the clutch pedal has lost feeling and will engage and disengage only in the last few inches of pedal travel. My boss who also owns a GTO suggested I start with a fluid flush before I have them remove the trans, cause that would be way too expensive. What do you all think? Thanks

May the burnout gods grant you glorious clouds!

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:34

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Look up “T56 drill mod”, see if that applies to you.

Edit: Although if you are actually leaking clutch fluid, you need to repair it and assess the hydraulic issue later (if it still exists)

deekster_caddy > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:38

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It sounds like you have oil on your clutch possibly making it slip. Is the fluid reservoir down? What about the transmission fluid (gear oil?)? One of them must be low. If not, it could be leaking from the rear main seal.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:38

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Point of information: goat meat is delicious. Grilled with salt and pepper = heaven to my taste buds

CaptDale - is secretly British > crowmolly 01/19/2016 at 14:40

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From the sounds of it they are having shifting issues. I am having clutch issues, but it shifts great....

CaptDale - is secretly British > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 01/19/2016 at 14:41

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I will have to try this

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:41

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Yeah, I re-read your post and edited mine. It sounds like you have a leaky hydraulic system. If you can upgrade to a Tick master this is a good time to do so. Bleeding the clutch lines can be a bit of a PITA.

CaptDale - is secretly British > deekster_caddy 01/19/2016 at 14:43

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I put dye in the oil and the fluid under the car was not luminescent. It is yellow fluid, so it can’t be trans fluid because the T56 uses Dex 3 which is red (atf) and I am pretty sure there isn’t gear oil in this trans. Clutch fluid seemed to be my only other option.

Urambo Tauro > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:45

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doing a show and tell on your pet goats...

I did literally this waaaay back in the 2nd grade. It peed on the floor. Hilarious.

I also brought in a honey separator once, but left the bees back at the farm.

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:50

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You sure it’s not motor oil?

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:53

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Is the slave in the bellhousing or external on the T56?

CaptDale - is secretly British > crowmolly 01/19/2016 at 14:54

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Eh, is it worth it? I am trying not to spend money on more parts that I don’t necessarily need at the moment.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 01/19/2016 at 14:55

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It is inside slave/throw out assm

CaptDale - is secretly British > crowmolly 01/19/2016 at 14:55

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Well the black light didn’t light up the fluid and I don’t have an issue with oil fluid loss.

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:56

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It’s a nice upgrade, but if you don’t have the money then I would just fix what’s broken.

Are you sure it’s leaking?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Urambo Tauro 01/19/2016 at 14:56

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Probably smart on leaving the bees behind....

CaptDale - is secretly British > crowmolly 01/19/2016 at 14:56

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No, that’s the problem. I can’t see in the bell housing to see the leak...

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:57

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Hmm, TIL. That’s what I get for working on German shit. VW uses internal slave cylinders on some transaxles, but everything else I can think of is external.

Unfortunately, if the slave is leaking, a flush isn’t going to change anything.

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 14:59

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Is the fluid level in the master down at all?

Does the LS2 have rear mail seal troubles? If oil got on the clutch assembly it would act strange.

CaptDale - is secretly British > crowmolly 01/19/2016 at 15:03

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I have had to put fluid in the master before, which is why I thought it might be leaking, but I haven’t checked in ages... I should do that.

And no, LS2s have no fluid leak issues

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 01/19/2016 at 15:04

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I know.... The flush was to check out that weird clutch feel issue.

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 15:07

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Yeah, sorry about the million questions but dropping the trans and opening the hydraulic system when it’s unnecessary is not a fun time.

I wonder if maybe you can pump the clutch and make it puke fluid? Or if you can borrow a mityvac to pressurize the line via the master and see if anything comes out, if it holds a few PSI, etc.

CaptDale - is secretly British > crowmolly 01/19/2016 at 15:08

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Hmm, that is a really good idea. Yeah I really don’t want to spend the money on labor, that isn’t necessary.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 15:37

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You will not be disappoint. It’s also great in stew.

If you’re gonna grill, I highly advise eating with fried plaintains (sweet or not sweet)

CaptDale - is secretly British > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 01/19/2016 at 17:03

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Shit man, now I am really hungry. Where do you get goat anyway?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2016 at 17:17

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Me? Butcher shops in the ghetto in my town

CaptDale - is secretly British > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 01/19/2016 at 17:34

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Oh... I don’t have that. I don’t even know where there are butchers here....