lost brakes
04-02-2008, 11:04 PM
#1
lost brakes Ok so I was going out to eat with my girlfriend, we were going to a place in down town Pittsburgh rite across from PNC park. Rite before the parking lot I stopped at a red light. The peddle went have way to the floor and I felt the way the car stopped and I told my gf I think I just lost my back brakes, it was weird feeling. I parked and went to eat. When we came back out I started the car and went to put it into gear the no brakes my foot went to the floor. I looked under the car and saw under the right rear brake fluid all on the ground.
Lucky that a friend called I told him what was going on and He went to the auto store and got a cap so we disconected the rear brake line from the abs module and capped it so I only had front brakes, and refilled the reservor. all kind of air was in the line bairly made it home.
Lucky that a friend called I told him what was going on and He went to the auto store and got a cap so we disconected the rear brake line from the abs module and capped it so I only had front brakes, and refilled the reservor. all kind of air was in the line bairly made it home.
04-03-2008, 01:24 AM
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dealing with air in hydraulic style brakes is dangerous. You should have towed it. You just dont know if your going to be able to stop consistently if there is a lot of air in there. Like the above post mentions, how did the line all of the sudden leak?
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04-03-2008, 03:16 PM
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the washer on the banjo bolt that acts as a seal wasnt seated rite and it leaked I couldnt beleive all the fluid came out in that small leak that quick. Thats all I could find I messed with it all day everything else was dry and no sign of leak anywhere.
