How to bleed the clutch?

TMANGI

MEMBER
2006 KIA SPECTRA
2.4L
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
130,000 MILES

I drive a Spectra5 and recently had to replace the clutch master cylinder due to seal leaking brake fluid at the clutch pedal. The brake and clutch system are fed from one reservoir that is attached to the brake master cylinder. After replacing the faulty part I bled the system thru the clutch slave cylinder. However now it feels like the clutch is engaging differently. When either taking off in first gear or switching gears while driving it seems that the clutch is engaging when the clutch pedal is almost all the way to the top of the pedal stroke instead of a lot lower like before. Could this be an indicator that there is still air in the line? If so, what is the correct process to bleed the clutch system and do I also need to bleed brakes at each caliper?

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KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS

Hi,

It does sound like you still have air in the system. I attached the bleeding procedure. You do not need to bleed the brake system if you did not replace any of those components.

Please note how it says to open the bleeder and press the clutch pedal all the way through its travel slowly until all the air is out. This may take a little while to work it all out.

Let me know what happens. Thanks

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