Just a note re. Clutch fluid bleed.
A friend has a Volvo V40, one of a selection of cars using essentially the same engine/transmission. It suffered the well known issue of the clutch pedal sticking down. Reading t'interweb comes up with various reports of replacing the clutch slave cylinder which requires the gearbox out, big job.
I guessed this car probably hadn't had the clutch fluid bled maybe ever.
I put my Mityvac on it and pulled as much vacuum as I could, with no fluid coming out. A gentle push on the pedal and there was a splurge of black gunge into the catch bottle. This confirmed my suspicions. I bled it, closed off and pumped the clutch a few times to get the fresh fluid in/out of the slave cylinder, repeated bleeding and pumping until the bleed fluid looked pretty much clean.
So far the pedal hasn't stuck again.
Just shows the importance of bleeding the clutch fluid.
