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
Checked and bled 3 of the nipples yesterday, 1 nipple is threaded but i cant get it off 2 bleed it, any ideas?
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.
White 05 V6 VZ Executive - Thrashed Ex Telstra car
and 3 Dangerous non ABS VN's
there is no puddle on the ground tho,![]()
How long dose it take for the MC tank to empty itself?
White 05 V6 VZ Executive - Thrashed Ex Telstra car
and 3 Dangerous non ABS VN's
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
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
the master cylinder is the brake container under the bonnet, right? :S lol
AND YES I KNOW I SPELT BRAKE WRONG IN THE HEADING SORRY!
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.
Originally Posted by Smidy
Forgive me I open'd this thinking work wasnt giving you any "breaks"
Not knowing you meant "brakes"
Google is a wonderful thing to do spell checks with![]()
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.
White 05 V6 VZ Executive - Thrashed Ex Telstra car
and 3 Dangerous non ABS VN's
Checked to see if there was any bubbles, none.
Now this has really got me stumped
get a mate so you can pump and he can look at all wheels lines and the one above the diff.
Ok ill try that and see what happens give u an update in 20 mins
maybe the brakes failed......(not laughing )
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.