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Re: newbie..leak question Posted by mag [Email] (#1906) [Profile/Gallery] (more from mag) on Mon, 5 May 2003 11:50:48 In Reply to: newbie..leak question, chopkins, Mon, 5 May 2003 10:42:06 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
When you depress the brake pedal, it should hold in place. If it gradually sinks to the floor, that indicates that there is eather a major leak, or that the master cylinder is no longer sealing and that it is bypassing fluid internally. Your report that thefluid level appears fine suggests that your's is not a major leak.
Try this. Roll the car to a spot of fresh pavement, start the car, and depress and hold the brake for a minute or so. Then go look to see if a new pedal formed. If so, then get a friend to do the same (engine off) while you look underneath and look for where the drips are coming from, either from a fitting, or the bleeder screw, or possibly blowing past the caliper's internal cylinders, so dripping off the brake pad maybe, or I suppose even from a pin hole in the fluid line. Or possibly from the union of the flexible line to the rigid fittings. You might be able to find the leak without an assistant by looking for wet spots in these places.
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