Brake Bleeding
03-23-2004, 05:37 PM
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I'm bleeding my brakes cause some air got into the lines. I started w the right rear, and it cleared up just fine. My problem is the left rear. I have been bleeding it for about 1-1 1/2 hours and there are no signs of the air letting up. After a session of pumping the brake pedal and holding it down more and more air keeps coming out. I checked the lines for leaks, but found none. What could the problem be if there is any, or is there just a whole lot of air in the line.
03-23-2004, 06:55 PM
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yes i'm adding fluid before it gets empty, and the reason air is in the lines is because my cars been in storage for a couple months and the brake fluid resevoir was almost empty i guess, so air seeped into the lines. Its a common problem.
03-23-2004, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by volcom121' date='Mar 23 2004, 07:55 PM
yes i'm adding fluid before it gets empty, and the reason air is in the lines is because my cars been in storage for a couple months and the brake fluid resevoir was almost empty i guess, so air seeped into the lines. Its a common problem.
I park my car all winter and my fluid has never ever been low.
look for a leak someplace, its probably seeping out slowly
03-23-2004, 07:37 PM
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but thats it there is no leaks. where it was there is no spots on the floor. i checked all the lines and no leaks there either. What i think happened is that last time the brakes were serviced the tech. didnt properly bleed all the brakes. i bought it last summer as a daily driver until i found a tII and it just had new brakes put on. so that could have happened.
03-23-2004, 07:39 PM
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the pedal would have been shitty then, if you had new brakes put
on the car the fluid would have been pushed back into the master
cylinder and be full.
Now if the hydrolics were worked on and he didnt top the fluid
off and the pads wore down therfore pushing the fluid back
into the lines, then the fluid would have gone low.
But from sitting- trust me, there is a leak someplace
on the car the fluid would have been pushed back into the master
cylinder and be full.
Now if the hydrolics were worked on and he didnt top the fluid
off and the pads wore down therfore pushing the fluid back
into the lines, then the fluid would have gone low.
But from sitting- trust me, there is a leak someplace
03-24-2004, 05:34 PM
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Any fluid on your wheels or spraying onto your tires? I had a brake caliper fixed and a seal wasnt properly set in place causing a extremely slow leak only on long drives where i used the brakes a lot could i see the fuild spraying onto my wheel...something that it easy to check and rule out.