DMCJoe already indicated that you'll need to properly bleed the system after refilling, but you might want to first ask yourself where the cluch fluid went. There should be no need to refill the cluch fluid level unless there is a leak somewhere. If you have a clean/dry shop floor, you can oftentimes discover leaks by taking a look at your floor. This approach is not definitive for the cluch, however, since the common leaks don't really drop much on the floor. I've had my share of cluch hydraulic problems on my cars (in fact I'm in the process or replacing my slave cylinder now). Failures are usually either with the slave cylinder or the master cylinder. For some cosmic reason, the two also seem to fail together (on my daily driver some years back I replaced the slave cylinder and the master cylinder failed 2 weeks later -- I got pretty good at speed shifting, but stop lights were a bummer). When my master failed, I ended up with clutch fluid in the driver's footwell under the carpet (the carpet pad soaked the stuff up making cleanup a drag). The fluid seeps down along the inside of the firewall and soaks the carpet from the underside. The slave just failed on my garage queen car and I didn't have any spots on my garage floor, but the area around the slave cylinder is really wet (there is probably some big puddle of fluid sitting ontop of the transmission). As part of refilling and bleeding your clutch system, you might want to also diagnose why your fluid got low in the first place. Knut --- In dmcnews@xxxx, scottymckenzie@xxxx wrote: > > Somehow I managed to let my cluch fluid container get bone dry, and > didn't notice it until I got stuck in first gear one day. I've > tried filling the container up but I still can't get out of gear. > Do I need to bleed the line? I also tried > pumping the clutch petal, it doesn't seem to have the > pressure to it that it used to have. > thanks