Hello, I bought new calipers for my 1991 Formula last year and also had the brake system flushed with a new master brake cylinder. I noticed just recently my foot went to the floor when pressing the brake, I took car to oil shop and they informed me that the front passenger caliper has a small leak and I should take it back to who to who I bought the calipers from. The bad news, he closed shop and went out of business! Now I have 2 new front calipers and need to know is there something to plug where it is leaking, any help please! I just don't want to pay twice in 6 months for a new front set. Thanks! Andy

 

Are you mechanically inclined at all? If so, you should probably jack up the car and pull the wheel off and have a look at the caliper and see where its leaking from. If you are not mechanically inclined, you're just going to have to take it to another shop and have them find the problem.

 

No there is not really anything to "plug" a brake system leak, like Stop-Leak for brakes or something. However, it might be possible to repair the leak, depending on where it is; if for example it's where the line hooks up to it, maybe a new crush washer would take care of it.

Even if the caliper itself is bad, a caliper costs about $15 and can be changed in about 10 minutes a side from drive-in to drive-out, counting jacking the car up, taking off the wheels, bleeding, putting the wheels back on, and taking the car off of the stands.

In other words, it isn't worth worrying about all this "take back" and "out of business" and all of the rest of that. Just change the defective one out and move on with your life.

The worst thing about your situation is, it sounds like you didn't pay attention to your brake fluid level, and it went so low that air got into the master cyl, so now you need to "bench bleed" that. Add another 20 minutes or so to the job, and a dollar or 2 for brake fluid.