I fixed my own... but then i'm an Aircraft Systems Fitter by trade so complicated mechanism's are right up my street so to say )
Funny this.. i have this problem on and off..
2 weeks ago in france - really cold day, set off, fine, then a minute later, changed into 3rd and pedal stuck to floor. Thought i was screwed, so pulled over and played witht he gear stick etc. About 3 minutes later, the clutch jsut let itself back up and we were off again.. didnt happen until New Years Day at a petrol station (having covered almost 1400 miles since the previous situation) where i was pulling away and the clutch stuck down again. This time the problem was with me for about 30 mins, and after calling the RAC out i leant down and simply pulled the clutch pedal up and lo and behold it fixed the issue. I then cancelled the RAC call out, drove home and have covered a couple of hundred miles since.. no problems.. i am told it is a cable slipping.. weird if you ask me...
certainly no expert, but could this be the slave cylinder? Very common, and unfortunately, expensive prob on S3s.
Cheers Westy.
Managed to have a quick look this morning before work, got the bottom dash trim off and was met by the main offender;
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Had a look up at the pedal, luckily the master cylinder pushrod doesn't look bent which can sometimes happen.
This is how it looks pedal-wise (sorry for crappy iphone photo)
How is the black clip supposed to sit? And it looks as though the white clip is still in position, so do I only need the broken black clip? If so, hoping this can be a pedal on job!
Cheers for the help as always,
Jackson
OK! I'm about 8 years late again for this thread, hoping someone'll answer. Had same prob, housing bracket shattered pedal to floor and bits of plastic on the floor - got it welded and replaced the pedal myself. Spring was put in a vice & cable tied, inserted into position & released. Only prob now is: On start up its really, really hard to get into gear (impossible sometimes) pump the peddle and it gets better (not great, but driveable). Drive for next 5 miles is notchy gear change & pedal hard to floor. When cars warmed up changes are back to normal. Is it clutch fluid pressure? should I bleed? Could there be seal damage on slave cylinder? I think the push rod was a little bent too Cheers in advance