i was working on lowering my baby, and while i was working on my 1st change, i removed the brake line by mistake and lost some brake fluid, not a whole lot, probably about 5-7ml i figured.
i finished my front spring swope and took her out for a little test spin and i realised that my brakes are kinda not working... i have to depress the brake pedal all the way for the braking to start.
Took her out on a couple of more rounds, thinking that after a bit of intermitten braking, i would get the brake pressure back, but still, the brake pressure did not return, went to check my brake fluid level and it's sitting somewhere around the min level.
Was wondering, was the pressure lost of the brakes due to my mistake of draining out some brake fluid or is it something else? anyone can shed some light,
she's almost ready for her engine oil change, and i was thinking of bring her down to walmart this time round for her oil change so that i can let them take a look at it, but before i go down, was wondering if i could find any answers here..
thanx guys.
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Your biggest problem now that you have split the brake line, is going to be air in the system, even a tiny amount can have a detrimental effect on the braking performance of your car and is potentialy very dangerous, If you resevoir has gone below the MIN level, then there is a chance that you have sucked some air into all of the brake lines so you will have to bleed all the brakes on your car, if the level is still above the min level then you will only have to bleed the brake line that you split.
^ oops.. shit, didn't know i was in that much of a trouble, how do i bleed all my brake lines? i've checked the brake fluid again, it's still above the min level, but only slightly above..
could you go into more detail.. thanx...
erm.. so my car is not really save for driving now is it,
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Future purchase, EFS 10-22, EFS 17-55, 70-200 IS 2.8L
In golf as in life it is the follow through that makes the difference.
Easiest way is to have someone pump the brake pedal and then hold it down. While theyre holding it down open the small bleeder screw on the caliper. It only has to be opened a quarter turn or so. Be sure to tighten the bleeder screw back down before your helper lets go of the brake pedal. Repeat the process untill you get nothing but a solid stream of fluid out of the bleeder. Its a good idea to do this at all 4 corners. It will be a little easier if you have the wheels off too. Check the brake fluid level in the reservoir after you do each wheel. Hope I described the process well enough. Air in the line will cause a low or spongy pedal since the air just compresses when you hit the brakes instead of transfering the power to the calipers and wheel cylinders.
it reads fine, now i just hope that i can follow the instructions and not screw anymore things up.
thanx for the writeup.
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My New Toys; Canon 30D, 28-135 W Hood, 50 1.4 W Hood, 580EX.
Future purchase, EFS 10-22, EFS 17-55, 70-200 IS 2.8L
In golf as in life it is the follow through that makes the difference.
removing the brake line when i was told to remove the bracket holding the brake line
now other than working on my lowering springs... i have to bleed out my brake lines....
but thankfully, for TN, i got all the help that i need.
once again, thank you to all the helpful people here in TN.
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My New Toys; Canon 30D, 28-135 W Hood, 50 1.4 W Hood, 580EX.
Future purchase, EFS 10-22, EFS 17-55, 70-200 IS 2.8L
In golf as in life it is the follow through that makes the difference.
removing the brake line when i was told to remove the bracket holding the brake line
now other than working on my lowering springs... i have to bleed out my brake lines....
but thankfully, for TN, i got all the help that i need.
once again, thank you to all the helpful people here in TN.
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My New Toys; Canon 30D, 28-135 W Hood, 50 1.4 W Hood, 580EX.
Future purchase, EFS 10-22, EFS 17-55, 70-200 IS 2.8L
In golf as in life it is the follow through that makes the difference.
One way to do without bleeding is press brake cylibder all the way in to get air up. Then press the brake to move cylinder out as much as possible without falling off. Pull a piece of wood or use the brake cylinder pusher. Do that a few time to get all air out. I need to do it this way because I broke the bleeder fitting.
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oops.. shit, didn't know i was in that much of a trouble, how do i bleed all my brake lines? i've checked the brake fluid again, it's still above the min level, but only slightly above..
Air in the line will cause a low or spongy pedal since the air just compresses when you hit the brakes instead of transfering the power to the calipers and wheel cylinders.
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