Spongy/sloppy Clutch Pedal.

[Ian442]

Clutch pedal presses to floor and does allow me to shift. However it is very close to the floor still when I feel the clutch engage again.

Clutch disc or cylinders worn ?

2005 Pontiac Sunfire 2.2L clutch has about 160,000 miles on it.

 

[W. WIllie]

Try bleeding the clutch line. (At the slave cylinder.) Possible air in system. I assume you have checked the reservoir.
Look for leakage on the firewall at the clutch master cylinder also.

HTH
Willie

 

[Ian442]

No noticeable leakage but clutch reservoir was filthy with particulate material. I would love to flush the clutch system out as I only just replaced the slave and master cylinders 2 and 3 years ago respectively.

 

[Coss]

No noticeable leakage but clutch reservoir was filthy with particulate material. I would love to flush the clutch system out as I only just replaced the slave and master cylinders 2 and 3 years ago respectively.

If it's got garbage in the fluid, dump it all out, fill with fresh, bleed it, drive for 2 to 3 weeks, and you'll probably see gark in it again, dump it (flush) and fill with new, bleed it, should be good.
Hydraulic doesn't like little crumbs in it; has a tendency to plug things up at the wrong time.

Wait, you said it leaks? Change what I said; dump all the fluid, drain slave, make sure line is clear, replace master, hook it all up, fill and bleed, top off, be happy.

 

[BilgeRat]

Gark? Love it. That one is right up there with drain mung...

 

[outsydthebox]

Clutch pedal presses to floor and does allow me to shift. However it is very close to the floor still when I feel the clutch engage again.

Clutch disc or cylinders worn ?

2005 Pontiac Sunfire 2.2L clutch has about 160,000 miles on it.

I had a similar experience with a GMC Sonoma, 2.2 (different trans, tho). Clutch disc got sooo thin a piece broke off and wedged itself between the pressure plate and what was left of the disc. So I would push the pedal and it wouldn't release. I had about the same miles, too.

 

[Coss]

Gark? Love it. That one is right up there with drain mung...

Gark is an abbreviation for a lot of words combined; and for some reason women understand what it means.
It's a name that covers a lot of terms all rolled into one, and will work for a lot of things and it isn't a curse word (it can be like "things are all just Garked up" or "get that Gark out of the way", or "it was filling with Gark, that's why it ran so bad"

 

[Ian442]

I replaced the master cylinder and flushed out the system thoroughly. The new master cylinder is metal casing, the old one was plastic. I think the brake fluid was breaking down the rubber seal and plastic housing.

Pedal feels great again. Thanks everyone!

 

[Ty]

I replaced the master cylinder and flushed out the system thoroughly. The new master cylinder is metal casing, the old one was plastic. I think the brake fluid was breaking down the rubber seal and plastic housing.

Pedal feels great again. Thanks everyone!

Glad to hear you got it fixed. I hope it wasn't too much of a pain.

 

[Ian442]

The only thing a pain was trying to snap the actuator onto the pedal. I am 6 foot 2 flipped on my back under the dash doing that maneuver several times...

The rest was routine and I did an oil change and front brake pads all in the same go around.