luke_vs
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Hi all,
I been having some issues with my brakes over the last couple of months.
About two months ago I had my front disks and pads replaced. Ever since then, when I step out of car after about a 1/2 an hour or more of driving i can smell what i think is break fluid coming from the front driver side wheel (have not checked the other wheel).
This has been happening for the last two months.
The other day while driving for a long time on a hot day in heaps of traffic, i.e. lots of braking. The brake light came on. Also, the brakes failed like 80%. I had to put my foot totally to the floor to make the car stop. I took the car immediately to a mechanic and after lifting the front end we found that both the front wheels we're locked and spinning very difficultly. The mechanic rode the problem off as just overheating. The Master cylinder was very hot apparently.
The following day the problem went away. However, after the car warmed it seemed like the brakes were locking up, and i really had to push/power the car to keep it moving. I've had problems with power for a while, but just rode it off as old engine limitations. But I feel it could be linked to the brakes locking up.
Anyway, I got the brake system looked at by a caltex mechanic the other day and he flushed the brake fluid. He indicated the old fluid was dirty, etc and that the rear brake disk is getting thin. Other that, he said everything was good now.
Yesturday, after driving for about an hour I could smell the brake fluid from the front driver side wheel again. I popped the bonnet and found a fair amount of brake fluid leaked out had all over the sides of the master cylinder (with that crappy smell too). Master cylinder was hot but not steaming.
Was wondering if anybody has any suggestions over what the problem could be here. FYI car has done over 260,000km. I would like to be able to got to the mechanic and ask them to fix exactly what the problem is. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have
I been having some issues with my brakes over the last couple of months.
About two months ago I had my front disks and pads replaced. Ever since then, when I step out of car after about a 1/2 an hour or more of driving i can smell what i think is break fluid coming from the front driver side wheel (have not checked the other wheel).
This has been happening for the last two months.
The other day while driving for a long time on a hot day in heaps of traffic, i.e. lots of braking. The brake light came on. Also, the brakes failed like 80%. I had to put my foot totally to the floor to make the car stop. I took the car immediately to a mechanic and after lifting the front end we found that both the front wheels we're locked and spinning very difficultly. The mechanic rode the problem off as just overheating. The Master cylinder was very hot apparently.
The following day the problem went away. However, after the car warmed it seemed like the brakes were locking up, and i really had to push/power the car to keep it moving. I've had problems with power for a while, but just rode it off as old engine limitations. But I feel it could be linked to the brakes locking up.
Anyway, I got the brake system looked at by a caltex mechanic the other day and he flushed the brake fluid. He indicated the old fluid was dirty, etc and that the rear brake disk is getting thin. Other that, he said everything was good now.
Yesturday, after driving for about an hour I could smell the brake fluid from the front driver side wheel again. I popped the bonnet and found a fair amount of brake fluid leaked out had all over the sides of the master cylinder (with that crappy smell too). Master cylinder was hot but not steaming.
Was wondering if anybody has any suggestions over what the problem could be here. FYI car has done over 260,000km. I would like to be able to got to the mechanic and ask them to fix exactly what the problem is. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have