Appears my slave cylinder failed

[hahuang65]

5 minutes ago, jbcollier said:

I don't see any reason to pressure test.  Just a fit it and tighten the lines properly and it will be fine.

I'm not a mechanic, so I'd defer to you normally...

 

However this experience has made me want to err on the side of caution.

 

My current slave cylinder has no visible issues, but is slowly leaking. While it was in the transmission, it was leaking quite a bit more quickly. 

 

That makes me feel like I haven't found the real issue yet, as well as suspicious of parts being busted even if new.

 

Perhaps I'll just fill the new unit and see if anything seeps as a smell test... 

[jbcollier]

The cylinder is not under pressure until it is operating the clutch.  Just sitting, yours is slowly weeping.  Push on the clutch, the hydraulics pressurize, and your seep grows exponentially.

[hahuang65]

24 minutes ago, jbcollier said:

Push on the clutch, the hydraulics pressurize, and your seep grows exponentially.

Even if I'm not pushing on the clutch? I was bleeding the clutch, it felt like something popped...we stopped pressing the clutch and if I opened the bleed screw everything drain in real quick. 

 

Left it alone and it drained half the fluid reservoir in about an hour.

[wdb]

Is the pressure plate securely fastened? It was hard to tell from the pictures, plus the slave cylinder was loose, so maybe other stuff in there is loose as well.

 

I think the slave cylinder over-extended and a seal got displaced. In this thread I've seen mention of a clutch pedal stop. I don't know if your car has one, but if it does it may not be correctly adjusted which might allow too much pedal travel -> too much slave cylinder travel.