# Can not locate leaking clutch fluid

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-not-locate-leaking-clutch-fluid/40849>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** wrangler, jeep\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-not-locate-leaking-clutch-fluid/40849 "2009-12-16T18:04:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DesignLLC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@DesignLLC](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DesignLLC)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-not-locate-leaking-clutch-fluid/40849/1 "2009-12-16T18:04:31Z")

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Hello - I own a Jeep Wrangler 1993. The car has not been used often - the mileage is now 70K.  
  
  
  
 I have owned several Wranglers and never experienced problem with the clutch. Last year the clutch pedal dropped to the floor. I went to a repair shop - I paid for new master cylinder, new slave cylinder and new clutch pads. They did not present the used parts and I did not ask for them. Immediately the clutch pedal was soft. They adjusted and it seemed OK - not perfect.  
  
  
  
 Now one year later the pedal dropped again  
  
  
  
 to the floor. I went to a different shop - which I know and I trust - they changed the master cylinder and the pedal pressure returned to normal.  
  
  
  
 Now - 5 weeks later there pedal has dropped  
  
  
  
 again. I checked the master cylinder and it was empty – there is no fluid in the car near the pedal – no fluid on the line to the transmission and  
  
  
  
 no fluid on the transmission case. Before I pay to open the transmission – do you have a suggestion? Why and where is the fluid  
  
  
  
 escaping to?  
  
  
  
 thanks

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**Author:** ![kw195743545](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/258eb7/32.png) [@kw195743545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kw195743545)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-not-locate-leaking-clutch-fluid/40849/2 "2009-12-16T18:36:36Z")

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it not going into tranny. have the mechanics replaced the flexible hose? could be leaking there

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-not-locate-leaking-clutch-fluid/40849/3 "2009-12-17T01:01:24Z")

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Did you pull up the carpet under the pedals and look? I had a master cylinder go bad, and could only tell when you pulled up a corner of the carpet.

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**Author:** ![DesignLLC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@DesignLLC](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DesignLLC)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-not-locate-leaking-clutch-fluid/40849/4 "2009-12-19T05:43:43Z")

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Hello – thanks for the reply-- I’ll look again at the flexible hose – I just filled the master cylinder again – and the clutch feels “normal” now.The gears are changing normally. Could it be a slow leak which is absorbed by the clutch pad ?