Leaking brake fliud
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Leaking brake fliud
This car is killing me. The pedal goes all the way to the floor when you press it and there is allot of brake fluid under the car. How much and how hard is it to change a master cylinder? Does the system need to be purged after installing a new cylinder?
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the MC is easy....you do need to bench bleed the MC before you install it and then bleed the brakes once its installed.....less than 30 min to complete the job
I do have to tell you that i completed my MC change in a parking lot...so its not that bad...
CAUTION....BE SURE to measure your MC before you go and pruchase a new one...you need the correct one, and there are 2 listed for every year Bonnne.....you will either have a 6" or an 8"
I do have to tell you that i completed my MC change in a parking lot...so its not that bad...
CAUTION....BE SURE to measure your MC before you go and pruchase a new one...you need the correct one, and there are 2 listed for every year Bonnne.....you will either have a 6" or an 8"
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
the MC is easy....you do need to bench bleed the MC before you install it and then bleed the brakes once its installed.....less than 30 min to complete the job
I do have to tell you that i completed my MC change in a parking lot...so its not that bad...
CAUTION....BE SURE to measure your MC before you go and pruchase a new one...you need the correct one, and there are 2 listed for every year Bonnne.....you will either have a 6" or an 8"
I do have to tell you that i completed my MC change in a parking lot...so its not that bad...
CAUTION....BE SURE to measure your MC before you go and pruchase a new one...you need the correct one, and there are 2 listed for every year Bonnne.....you will either have a 6" or an 8"
Also how do you bleed the brakes?
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
If you are losing a ton of fluid.. are you sure it'* the master and not a brake line?
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It'* not dark now.. I bet you are at work though.
If you lift the hood..you'd see fluid all over the vac booster if it'* leaking that much. This sounds a lot like a line.
If you lift the hood..you'd see fluid all over the vac booster if it'* leaking that much. This sounds a lot like a line.
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
It'* not dark now.. I bet you are at work though.
If you lift the hood..you'd see fluid all over the vac booster if it'* leaking that much. This sounds a lot like a line.
If you lift the hood..you'd see fluid all over the vac booster if it'* leaking that much. This sounds a lot like a line.
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Not after you buy a double flaring tool