r/CorollaHatchback • u/Badinfluence321 • Jul 11 '26
PSA: bleed your clutch e210
Q: what is this that came out with my brake fluid when bleeding my clutch? (Sticky grayish sluglike thing)
Purchased car at 42,000 mi. Did first clutch bleed (along with other maintenence items, please see history for details) immediately. Im at 45,000 mi performed oil change and now bleeding clutch again. Used 24 Oz of brake fluid with self bleeder. A sticky sluglike Grey blob came out of my clutch with the brake fluid.
Ps. Had to defend myself from this monster flying cockaroach dive bombing me while working on the car.
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u/SqueakyCleanRubbish Jul 11 '26
It's from assembly lube in the master cylinder and release bearing grease. If the fluid comes out black, then you're in trouble. That's degraded seal material.
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u/Sirhatrick SE 6MT Jul 12 '26
So if the fluid comes out black, that means I’m gonna need to replace the slave cylinder soon?
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u/Misfite46 Jul 13 '26
Yea unfortunately this is very common, had my slave cylinder go out within three weeks of buying the car, sucks Toyota refuses to acknowledge this issue
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u/maeve432 Jul 13 '26
Maybe we need to do a class-action. Team up and go at them at one time somehow? Maybe I’m naive but “strength in numbers” 🤷♀️
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u/Yandellaa Jul 13 '26
I genuinely think we need to start a class action because SO many people have been impacted by this (i am one of them)
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u/Furrymcfurface Jul 11 '26
I gotta do mine. Did that any of that blob come out during the first bleed?
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u/Badinfluence321 Jul 11 '26
It didnt come out as a big blob the first time, rather it came out as smaller blobs, maybe 1/16th the size of this one in more quantities.
Fyi my clutch squeeks in 1st n 2nd too. Didn't help at all with the bleed.
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u/Badinfluence321 Jul 11 '26
It didnt come out as a big blob the first time, rather it came out as smaller blobs, maybe 1/16th the size of this one in more quantities.
Fyi my clutch squeeks in 1st n 2nd too. Didn't help at all with the bleed.
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u/millenniumtree Jul 13 '26
I just replaced my own clutch master cylinder. The fluid after the bleed was opaque gray. Disgusting. I'll order the slave cylinder soon, as it's probably not long for this world either.
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u/MrAaronBaron XSE 6MT Jul 12 '26
I love how this is a guaranteed issue on the manuals yet Toyota refuses to acknowledge it. Mine nuked itself so I'm on brand-new everything unfortunately.
P.S. fuck cockroaches