Brake problems
I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when car
was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and pressure bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake booster seems to pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any help about getting air out of system. |
Re: Brake problems
In article <vrijra4eg6cp86@corp.supernews.com>, "richard doxey"
<rdoxey@idirect.com> wrote: > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when car > was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and pressure > bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake booster seems to > pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any help about getting > air out of system. I advise you to take it to a mechanic or the Honda dealership and have them drain the system and add new fluid. It's my guess that you have air in the lines. Have the mechanic take it on a test drive after he has finished. |
Re: Brake problems
In article <vrijra4eg6cp86@corp.supernews.com>, "richard doxey"
<rdoxey@idirect.com> wrote: > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when car > was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and pressure > bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake booster seems to > pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any help about getting > air out of system. I advise you to take it to a mechanic or the Honda dealership and have them drain the system and add new fluid. It's my guess that you have air in the lines. Have the mechanic take it on a test drive after he has finished. |
Re: Brake problems
In article <vrijra4eg6cp86@corp.supernews.com>, "richard doxey"
<rdoxey@idirect.com> wrote: > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when car > was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and pressure > bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake booster seems to > pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any help about getting > air out of system. I advise you to take it to a mechanic or the Honda dealership and have them drain the system and add new fluid. It's my guess that you have air in the lines. Have the mechanic take it on a test drive after he has finished. |
Re: Brake problems
In article <vrijra4eg6cp86@corp.supernews.com>, "richard doxey"
<rdoxey@idirect.com> wrote: > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when car > was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and pressure > bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake booster seems to > pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any help about getting > air out of system. I advise you to take it to a mechanic or the Honda dealership and have them drain the system and add new fluid. It's my guess that you have air in the lines. Have the mechanic take it on a test drive after he has finished. |
Re: Brake problems
richard doxey wrote:
> > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when > car was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and > pressure bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake > booster seems to pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any > help about getting air out of system. For the master cylinder to have been the culprit and leaked, all of the brake fluid from the reservoir would likely wind up in the brake booster. If this was indeed the case, then the booster should be replaced. However, this scenario, though not impossible, seems unlikely since you've tested the brake booster. I would suspect that you may have leaking rear wheel cylinders which would explain the loss of brake fluid. Have you inspected all of the brakes? Note that it's often necessary to pull back the the dust boots on the wheel cylinders to find leaks though I suspect since the volume of fluid loss was so great it should be easy to locate. Also note that it's best to bench bleed a master cylinder before putting it on the car to help insure that you get all of the air out. Did you do this? If not, then you'll need to keep bleeding the system until your certain that all of the air is out but only after you've verified the source of the initial leak. Eric |
Re: Brake problems
richard doxey wrote:
> > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when > car was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and > pressure bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake > booster seems to pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any > help about getting air out of system. For the master cylinder to have been the culprit and leaked, all of the brake fluid from the reservoir would likely wind up in the brake booster. If this was indeed the case, then the booster should be replaced. However, this scenario, though not impossible, seems unlikely since you've tested the brake booster. I would suspect that you may have leaking rear wheel cylinders which would explain the loss of brake fluid. Have you inspected all of the brakes? Note that it's often necessary to pull back the the dust boots on the wheel cylinders to find leaks though I suspect since the volume of fluid loss was so great it should be easy to locate. Also note that it's best to bench bleed a master cylinder before putting it on the car to help insure that you get all of the air out. Did you do this? If not, then you'll need to keep bleeding the system until your certain that all of the air is out but only after you've verified the source of the initial leak. Eric |
Re: Brake problems
richard doxey wrote:
> > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when > car was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and > pressure bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake > booster seems to pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any > help about getting air out of system. For the master cylinder to have been the culprit and leaked, all of the brake fluid from the reservoir would likely wind up in the brake booster. If this was indeed the case, then the booster should be replaced. However, this scenario, though not impossible, seems unlikely since you've tested the brake booster. I would suspect that you may have leaking rear wheel cylinders which would explain the loss of brake fluid. Have you inspected all of the brakes? Note that it's often necessary to pull back the the dust boots on the wheel cylinders to find leaks though I suspect since the volume of fluid loss was so great it should be easy to locate. Also note that it's best to bench bleed a master cylinder before putting it on the car to help insure that you get all of the air out. Did you do this? If not, then you'll need to keep bleeding the system until your certain that all of the air is out but only after you've verified the source of the initial leak. Eric |
Re: Brake problems
richard doxey wrote:
> > I have a 1987 honda civic wagovan 4wd. The master cylinder ran dry when > car was sitting for a few years. Anyways I replaced master cylinder and > pressure bled the system and the peddle still feels mushy. The brake > booster seems to pass its test according to manual. Would appreciate any > help about getting air out of system. For the master cylinder to have been the culprit and leaked, all of the brake fluid from the reservoir would likely wind up in the brake booster. If this was indeed the case, then the booster should be replaced. However, this scenario, though not impossible, seems unlikely since you've tested the brake booster. I would suspect that you may have leaking rear wheel cylinders which would explain the loss of brake fluid. Have you inspected all of the brakes? Note that it's often necessary to pull back the the dust boots on the wheel cylinders to find leaks though I suspect since the volume of fluid loss was so great it should be easy to locate. Also note that it's best to bench bleed a master cylinder before putting it on the car to help insure that you get all of the air out. Did you do this? If not, then you'll need to keep bleeding the system until your certain that all of the air is out but only after you've verified the source of the initial leak. Eric |
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