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    Thumbs down No brakes!!

    Hey guys im having a problem with my breaks :S

    Loosing break fluid everytime i pump the breaks, cant seem to find where the fluid is actually being lost tho, now i have no breaks in my car at all and it cant be driven, is there any advice or anything you guys can think of of where the fluid might be getting lost? Any help would be great thanks lads & gals

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    check all nipples on the brakes, look for squirts on the body from either damaged metal pipes or weeping connections , and on the pistons could have a buggered piston seal

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    Checked and bled 3 of the nipples yesterday, 1 nipple is threaded but i cant get it off 2 bleed it, any ideas?

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    If you are losing all the brake fluid - you will have a puddle some place.

    5 main places it can get out. Wheel calipers (look for fluid on the inside of the rims) or the master cylinder.

    Then its check all the lines.

    But if the MC is empty. Find the puddle on the ground.
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    How long dose it take for the MC tank to empty itself?
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    Fairly quickly, when it HAD brakes about a week ago it took 6 days to empty itself, now when im pumping on it the fluid just flows straight through

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    the only thing i can see is the back left nipple (which wont come off for some reason, maybe shreaded) has some dark color on the body kit behind the wheel. although when i pump the brakes, no fluid came out of there

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    the master cylinder is the brake container under the bonnet, right? :S lol

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    yeah ubder the boonet where the fluid goes in. My guess is the mc stuffed and maybe its filling up the booster if you cant find where its coming from rip them both out and check.
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    Forgive me I open'd this thinking work wasnt giving you any "breaks"
    Not knowing you meant "brakes"

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    See if there is any paint bubbles at the bottom of the booster (large round black thing) where the MC bolts to the booster.

    The fluid eats paint real quick.
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    Checked to see if there was any bubbles, none.

    Now this has really got me stumped

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    get a mate so you can pump and he can look at all wheels lines and the one above the diff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by milkandjuicecomein2litres View Post
    Ok ill try that and see what happens give u an update in 20 mins
    this is a bloody long 20 min...id hate to see you turn up for a date jks

    anyway what happened?

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    why dont you fill the mc back up then pump the brakes until you can find a puddle somewhere. Thats the only way i could find the leak in my steering rack. It will be worth cleaning anywhere you can see brake fluid before you do it. Hope i helped.

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