crazyfrog

Hi guys . First thing Happy New year everyone !!

For the last 6 months I have notice my clutch/power steering reservoir at the front in the trunk is leaking a bit. The black plastic cover above is "wet"around the round bit.
Level of fluid is unchanged and pretty much right to the top. The cap however is very soft to my liking and the rubber seal inside seems to have stretch a little bit.

I will buy a new cap+seal from Porsche ( I bet they sale the all reservoir....) and see if it still leaking later.

There is a little venting hole on top of the cap , is it normal for some fluid to escape or is there any thing wrong with the system. Clutch is working fine so far

In advance thank you for your advices.

Macster

Not normal in my experience.

In the case of my 03 Turbo for over 40K miles there was no signs of fluid around that area then there was.

It was not the cap but the clutch slave cylinder which was allowing fluid to go to the small reservoir and leak out.

The fluid comes from the power steering tank. Check the power steering reservoir fluid level. You do not want this to run low but refilling it is not the solution, just preventative maintenance to save the power steering pump from running low on fluid.

The clutch slave cylinder is almost certainly bad in your car and will have to be replaced.

Is the clutch pedal hard to depress after the engine has been off a while? If so the accumulator is probably bad and needs to be replaced too.

When the car is nice a hot, fully up to temp on a warm to hot day, do you hear a faint whistle after rolling to a stop with the tranny in neutral and the clutch pedal released? If so one of the valves in the power steering tank is bad and the tank needs to be replaced. (The valve is not sold separately.)

crazyfrog

No noise what so ever . But now you are saying that when I start the car the clutch pedal is pretty hard first and get "normal" after pressing it few times .....Need to keep an eye on that. Any test I can do ?

Kevin

Your clutch slave in the process of failing. Pentosin and a sticky front cover is a sure sign of failure.

Do a search and you will see this topic brought up during the last 10 plus years. The 993TT folks also have had this issue.

Replace the slave and new accumulator.

crazyfrog

Thanks guys. Will call my Porsche Specialist tomorrow, car is under warranty.

Macster

There are a couple of tests but you should just let the shop do them.

If you want to know more about them... One test is to start the engine and let it idle for 20 seconds. Shut it off. Fully depress the clutch pedal then release it. Just a normal pedal action nothing out of the ordinary. Repeat and keep track of how many of these you do before the pedal gets hard. Some sources say 10 some say more. My guess is if the clutch accumulator is bad the pedal will get hard right away.

Once the pedal is hard to push start the engine and let it idle for 20 seconds. Shut off the engine. The pedal should be easy to depress although if the accumulator is really bad it may not be. The very bad accumulator may not ever accumulate any whatever it accumulates. If I did this test with my car's bad accumulator I can't remember now.

Kevinmacd

Had this same issue, replaced both the clutch slave and accumulator, made a big difference in the clutch feel and engagement consistancy an no overflow!

NewYorkBuck

I am now in the same boat - need the slave and accumulator replaced.

My question is - is there a latest and greatest update for these parts, or is it as simple as calling Sunset Porsche and simply asking for the slave and accumulator?

Also, anyone know what is the average labor time for these?

Thx in advance.

Kevinmacd

I have heard that the latest parts have been engineered as compared to the old part. As a recommendation replace both slave cylinder and accumulator together.

2K7TTMIA

The accumulator is a 997 updated part, not sure of clutch slave. Sunset, Suncoast And gaudin all have great pricing on these parts

crazyfrog

With my indy for repair. They told me they have to remove the gearbox to change the slave +accumulator !!!!!!!!
is it necessary to do that ??

jpflip

Again. no need to remove transmission. The first time I did it I was on my back with the car jacked about three feet and it took me three hours.

crazyfrog

Thanks guys. I am not paying for the repair it is a warranty job. So may be......

mmm951

Yeah, as stated previously there is no need to remove the transmission, or even the starter for that matter. They are just including the transmission to collect on the labor hours since it is a warranty job - makes up for the reduced rate they get for warranty work. Pretty common.

Kevinmacd

Nope no trans removal for either the accumulator and slave or both. My indy did it around 3hrs and that is with a full flush.