BMW/1986 325e clutch has lost pressure
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Question
How exactly do you access and remove the master cylinder?
Micheal,
The master cylinder is in the engie bay. It's mounted to the firewall right above where your pedals would be. You cant miss it. However the master cylinder might not be at fault. There is also another cylinder at the end of the line on the side of the transmission. This is called the slave cylinder. Its half and half, some times the master goes bad, and sometimes its the slave. I would poke my head under and look for leaks.
Good luck,
Josh
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I can answer questions related to the BMW e30. These are the cars produced from 1984-1991 (1992 for convertable) in the United states. I am more fluent with the six cylinder models, although few things changed for the 4 cylinder cars. I know most of the problematic areas of these cars, and have found ways to fix them.
Experience
I have owned six different E30's over the last 10 years. I do all my own work, and know about ever nut and bolt on these cars.
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