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Bleeding the clutch: Am I doing it wrong or is my clutch slave cylinder bad?

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When you say 'pump the clutch pedal', what do you mean? Up and down?

With the clutch pedal up, open the bleeder. Push the pedal down, then close the bleeder before letting the pedal back up. Pedal up, open bleeder, pedal down, close bleeder. That way doesn't let any air get sucked in from below.

As others mentioned, make sure that the bleeder is up high on the slave. Rotate the slave if you have to.

Bleeding at the master can help too, if you can't get a a good pedal feel.

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