I have a 99 camry V6 American model. It has nearly 200K miles.
If I press the clutch pedal real hard it will not come up.
Pumping the pedal, the pedal works fine. I am wondering if its the master or the slave cylinder. I can not get fluid to bleed out the slave with the pedal pressed all the way down. When I pump the pedal, the fluid comes out like it should.

thanks in avance.

 

they can be a pain to bleed. I would start with the slave, its pretty much a two man job. Get one in the car and work the pedal by hand, every time you have the line to the slave open have him push the pedal down and hold it. Then close the line, when the line is closed have him pull pedal up. Crack line and repeat again as necessary until you get no air coming out.

 

thanks blacky777<
I noticed when I am having problem with the clutch pedal (when it stays down), I can feel and see also the pedal drifting down further by itself. It is then stuck down and have to lift by hand. This car also is equipped with an accumulator (some people call it an air tank) in between the master and slave. I changed this last winter and until now pedal was working OK.

 

if you replaced that its probably still ok, never know tho. It does sound like your having the same problem I had with my honda, and it was the slave it was leaking behind the boot, so it got air in the lines. Had to replace and bleed. then all was ok.

 

going to change the slave, I too seem to think that the slave is somewhat suspect. I do not see any evidence of a leak though. Anyway will change, thanks a bunch.

 

well changed the slave and same problem persist. it gets air in the system somehow but I cannot find any leak and level in master cylinder does not drop. any ideas

 

If the fluid doesnt go down hmmmm, you must still have air in it. So either keep bleeding ( it can take alot) or your clutch or even maybe your clutch fork could be worn/broken.

 

not clutch plate, because when I bleed the system it work perfectly for a while and then say 15 min after driving the pedal gets stuck again. I beginning to think it is the master cylinder that sucks air when the clutch is being released.