Hi, I have a 1990 Honda Prelude Si. It is a FWD manual transmission. I have a very strange problem occurring.
I'm a college student so I was away from my car for quite some time. When I came back a few weeks later, I get in, start her up, and attempt to reverse out of my driveway. I noticed the clutch pedal felt a little bit lighter than normal but it was hardly noticeable so I kept trying to get out. It seemed that the clutch was simply not catching. The car might've rolled back an inch or so but was also making a somewhat strange grinding shuttering noise so I stopped.
The car has never had any issues like this besides one time when the clutch slave cylinder was leaking and caused me to be unable to shift while the engine was running. This time was different, though, because I was still able to move the shifter through the gears while it was running. Of course, I replaced the slave cylinder and it worked perfectly. For some reason, a couple months later this problem occurred.
I'm not sure if a little bit of pressure was let out of the clutch system over time, causing it to have trouble engaging. The master cylinder is still pretty full with clutch (brake) fluid today.
I don't think that the clutch went bad because it worked perfectly before, sat still for a couple of months, and then didn't work. I don't think any major components would go bad simply due to not using it for a couple months.
Please if you have any ideas, let me know! If you need extra info ask!