i did all my brakes done turned and new pads and it only took my half the day, but when i went leave this morning the brakes were kind of spongey i popped the hood and i forgot to close the resoivor(sp) lid!!

i only drove about 10 min to test the brakes the resivor was empty from the turns what should i do other then put more fluid in. HELP!!!

 

um, you did bleed the brakes right? Check the bleeders to see if one is slightly open and leaking.

*EDIT*
And if you didn't bleed the brakes, now would be a good time.
start with the farthest r/r, then l/r, then r/f, and finally l/f.

good luck

 

i didnt bleed the brake lines.
Could i just put in some brake fluid for the mean time to hold me to the weekend so that i can have some time to do the bleed brake lines. Really dont have time during the week. Also do you think i could have got air in MC and lines.

 

I hate to tell you this, but if your resevoir got empty then you gotta bench bleed the master again. Then you can bleed the lines.

 

you might also want to wash off all the paint that got brake fluid on it because if you didnt know brake fluid will eat the heck outta the paint and make sure you bleed the brakes at the bleeder screws not the lines it will get all the air out a friend of mine just did this and wondered why he still had a spongy pedal he never bled out the calipers or rear brake cylinders only at the lines not the bleeder screws

 

Ok i dont quite get the purpose of bench bleeding. I guess it would get a lil more air out but if some gets in the lines you have to do them all neway. When u put the fluid in and do all the lines it will go throught the whole system why bench bleed? Sorry just never got the concept . I guess it would save some pumping if you can explain a lil better please do.Is there some way air gets trapped between the MC and the prop valve if u dont?

 

the deal with bench bleeding is you can get an airlock in the mastercylinder and not be able to bleed it out thru the lines