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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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ut oh..no brakes

k..well I was on a date with this girl the other night....and i went to go stop.....nothing..pedal to the floor. It never built pressure back up. I thought I had a leak on my one line running to the pass. caliper so i replaced it and bled the brakes..nope. Not the problem. I hear a lot of swishing noise when I press the pedal like air comming out but I cant seem to find a leak. I think it might be that the master cylinder went out? l
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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are you losing fluid?
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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no, not anymore after I replaced the brake line. I think I ran the MC dry..and i just replaced my MC and rebled all the brakes like 4 times. I have a little bit more pedal pressure. I am about to go check to see if its normal.
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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ok, there is a little bit more brake..and i mean....almost to the floor before it stops now. Maybe my brake booster is bad? cause I hear some noise like air when I hit the brakes
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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So did you infact loose a lot of fluid? And did you run the MC dry??

You didnt sound sure...but being sure will help us help you.

If you ran the MC dry, you introduced a lot of air into the system. Its going to take some good bleeding to get it all out. If I ran my MC dry, Ide be very tempted to pull it and bench bleed the thing. Ide also wonder if you did any damage to the seals in the MC...however I doubt it.

When you bleed the brakes, are you getting a good spurt of fluid otu of the bleeder? Or is it just sort of trickling out. If you are getting a good spurt like normal, you gotta do some more investigating. If you arent getting a good spurt, Ide say you either have some collapsed lines or your MC is shot.

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