Zuppy51

Well, over the weekend I experienced the dreaded Clutch Accumulator Fail.
The cap on the front reservoir leaked out, and the one in the engine compartment dumped out.
Clutch pedal went down to nothing.
Car was actually still drivable, which was shocking.
Now that it's back at home, I'm trying to decide if I want to modify the system to use the EVOMS GT2 conversion and not deal with this again. Or take it for warranty repairs. Potentially having to go through this in a few thousand more miles.
Car only has 28k on it...
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

aa909

What warranty do you have? My understanding is this considered a wear item and is not covered

Good luck!

Zuppy51

I have the Fidelity Warranty. I was told it "may" cover the item.

PAULUNM

Clutch pedal is really stiff in the GT cars. Make sure you can live with it...

CincyScott

It's not, I went through it with them. It's considered a clutch item and is clumped in with the disc.

tcsracing1

stock

Rogor

Replacing the accumulator is not a big deal.
The cost are low. € 130 for the accumulator and some labor hours.
Don't know the exact cost but it was a no brainer for me.
It's in it for nearly two years now and still works.
Even after 2 months of not driving the accumulator has pressure without starting the engine.

Although I strongly dislike the "clutch feel" a stone hard clutch pedal is not the way to go for me. I the GT2/GT3 clutch is a heavy as the Turbo clutch with a broken accumulator It would be a real pain.
Too much traffic and city trips.

eviligloo

Are you sure the GT2/GT3 clutch is heavy? I'm pretty sure I have a GT3 clutch (edit: I think it's the GT3RS single mass flywheel and clutch) in my car and it's nice and light. I love it and much prefer it over the stock clutch.

I'll have to check my records. I know it's not the hydraulic assisted stock one.

Rogor

Sorry, I wrote a small spelling error in my reply.
What I mean is: "IF the GT2/GT3 clutch is a heavy as the Turbo clutch with a broken accumulator, it would be a real pain".

So, from everything I have read about the GT clutch its as heavy as an unassisted Turbo clutch. And because I have felt the unassisted clutch it is to much for me.

You can feel how heavy the unassisted clutch of the turbo is:
- Don't start your engine
- Press the clutch pedal several times until the accumulator is empty
- Now try to de-clutch an re clutch smoothly....

You have to start the car with the clutch pressed in (at least here in Europe).
When my accumulator was broken, I found it too heavy.
As soon as the car started, the clutch was easy again.

Zuppy51

I decided to test out the pedal feel with the engine off. I went ahead and cleaned up the mess, fill up the front and rear reservoirs with Pentosin. Then run the car for a bit. (I lifted up the front reservoir and placed a thick plastic bag around it, then zip tied it up, just in case it had residual blow off).
Nothing visible leaked out.

So, on to the test. With the system back full again, I shut the engine off and pumped the pedal about 30X. The pedal became really hard to depress. It was a real workout.
If that's how the GT2 Clutch feels, then I'm sticking with stock. Since the car is driven by my wife as well. She will not put up with that.
Thanks everyone for the feedback. Going to order the parts (Slave/Accumulator) and just fix and go.

eviligloo

Edit: oops! Saw you already made your decision! No use weighing you down with more options.

Rogor

I'm still curious about you clutch, Is it the GT3 or the assisted clutch?
Yep, just read about it 4 posts above...........