Something strange happened to my new clutch fluid, I have a theory but would like everyones input Options

[enderswift]

Hey everyone heres the backstory:

upon taking my 99gt our of winter storage, I gave it the once over to prepare for the thousands upon thousand of miles i was going to rack up this summer. I changed the oil, checked all the fluids/filters/plugs ect and everything seemed to have held up very well. The car ran like new
From there i drove the car around all day and there were no issues whatsoever (even after several light thrashings on a twisty road in my area). The following day I was coming back from my friends house and my clutch pedal stuck to the floor. uh oh there goes my slave cylinder, or so i thought. It ended up being my clutch master. I changed both. I also bled the whole system about 4 times thoughout the the whole troubleshooting process. In the end the celi swapped gears effortlessly again

on to my question:

the fluid i filled the system with was DOT III CLEAR fluid (as stated on the master cyl cap). now however, this clear fluid has turned a fantastic shade of brown


compare this with my brake master cylinder where i used the same brand around the same time i did my clutch ( i was on a roll)



nice and clear

so why would the fluid in my clutch system turn brown, while the fluid in my brakes stayed looking like new?
at first i thought that it may have been some gunk inside the lines that has since broken up, but that doesnt make sense since i bled the system FOUR times. should be as clean as it gets in there

could it possibly be that the master and slave cylinders are wearing in, thus dirtying up the fluid a bit?

input and opinions are appreciated

-Luke

[Bitter]

glad you got it fixed, you made it out to sound like the only nagging problem was the dirty fluid. new parts can be bad, actually its really common for cheap parts store masters and slaves to be bad, even brake masters and wheel cylinders. my suggestion is to get rebuild kit for the original one from the dealer, should cost a fraction of the cost of the slave and that being a cast iron body it should be fine inside.

the metal paste is there because the new cylinder was not properly finished. whether they're all like that or whether that one just skipped a step who knows. the inside of the cylinder should have a smooth finish, not a rough hone like that.