I just managed to get to work and when I put the clutch in it wouldn't take it out of gear. Parked up and had a look, when the clutch is pressed hydraulic oil can be seen coming out under the car. Easy fix or not?

I don't know what it is but it doesn't sound good bud

sounds like the one of the cylinders has gone, more likely to be the slave... im afraid to say your looking at a few hundred bill at least

Yep, that's what I expected tbh

As Dan said above Dunc.

Your slave cylinder seal has gone. Sadly, alot of cars nowadays put the cylinder inside the box, meaning that when one does fail, the gearbox has to be removed to be able to change it.

To make the news even worse, today is the last day for most garages to be open......Around here anyway.

As above, sounds like the slave cylinder, gearbox out job.
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Oh dear............... sorry to hear this mate

Tez, ford have quoted £560 to fix and local gearbox/clutch places aren't much cheaper. Does this sound a reasonable price?

Try a local independant, just had the clutch done on vickys fiesta tdci and it cost me £250 cash, no vat on the labour at a mates garage, this did not include the dual mass flywheel as it was ok.
What are they doing are they changing the full clutch and slave cylinder.

Dunc, that's very steep. I know your in a different area to here, but an average clutch job here costs £200. I would find a local independant as Tez said, and see if you can it done on a cash basis.

Buy a new clutch set don't just replace the cylinder

Duncan it does seem a bit steep. Have you given Performance 3000 a try. They are in yeovil on the Lynx Trading Estate.

Always used them when i lived down there and they were very good on price

They spouted a load of bull to my mate trying to mug him out of money so I refuse to go there. Cheers for the shout though

Whatever you do Dunc, get the clutch changed at the same time.

time to upgrade to 6 speed imo