Re: (tech) brake bleeding

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

sounds like the job on my car a while back...
turned out to be a very tired Master Cylinder....
try again your bleeding pushing twice the pedal all the way to the firewall
(until its no longer travels) .. if your pedal is still soft and travels
after brake bleeding.. chance are you need a new Master cylinder like I
did...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "timothy piwonka" <t.piwonka@worldnet.att.net>
To: "scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: (tech) brake bleeding


> I turned my rear rotors and decided to go ahead and replace the brake
fluid.
> This is what I did.
>
> use a seringe to suck old brake fluid out of master cylinder
> fill master cylinder back up with castrol gtlma (after each caliper filled
> it back up)
> put rubber tube on back pas side bleeder valve open valve
> have someone pump brake pedel until it is clean fluid coming out
> then close valve
> then move to driver side rear brake
> then pas front brake
> then driver front brake
>
>  the fluid was really dirty, looked like coffee.  When I first open valve
on
> pas front brake and the peddle was pumped no fluid was coming out.  then
> after some crackling and about 5 pumps to the floor fluid started coming
> out.  when this happened I did notice some brake fluid leaking from where
> the brake booster meets the master cylinder, however is not leaking
anymore.
> now that i am finished the peddle will not firm up, stills go to the
floor,
> however i noticed that if the engine is running and i pump the brake the
> idle lowers in rpm and if the engine is turnging 4000 rpm the peddle feels
> firmer and will not go to the floor.
>
> also bently says to fill past max level but dont push peddle down all the
> way  the first two times (only half way) because you could blow a seal for
> the push rod
>
>
> now question is did i blow a gasket for the brake booster?
>
> what did i do wrong?
>
> what to do now?
>
>
> thanks
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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