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Subject Re: Clutch pedal gets signifacantly harder when ac is turned on
     
Posted by Greg D. (Specialty-Z) on June 15, 2012 at 7:47 PM
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In Reply To Clutch pedal gets signifacantly harder when ac is turned on posted by Hydrus on June 15, 2012 at 04:15 PM
     
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The Clutch pedal and A/C do not directly affect each other.
What is likely going on......
Your car is likely a TT, the TT has a clutch booster that makes the pedal easier to depress. The clutch booster requires Vacuum to work.
In order for the pedal to get harder with the A/C on, your engine vacuum has to be dropping when the A/C is on.
This could happen if the engine ran poorly, and you increase the engine load by turning on the A/C.
This could also happen if the clutch booster was weak and leaking, combined with the idle dropping with the A/C on.
When you turn on the A/C, a valve at the driver rear of the plenum is suppose to raise the idle so the the idle is the same as when the A/C off or higher.
My guess is your idle is dropping with A/C on because of a bad idle control valve or a poor running engine.

     
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