asmith
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So the other day my exhaust broke loose, it tore through 4 of the rubber hangers, and proceeded to rub a hole in my rear brake line. I was able to get her stopped and limped it home with vice grips on the line. I installed a new line and bled the brakes, and bled and bled and bled. I have spent hours bleeding this thing. tried gravity bleeding, good old fashion pushing on the pedal, and even used the mityvac. I never let the master cylinder run dry during all of this. I have run over two full quarts of brake fluid through there, can there still be air in the system?
The pedal acts like it. you go to hit the brakes and 90% of the time it goes to the floor with little resistance and little affect on your speed. it is slow to come back up when you take your foot off the pedal. If you pump the brakes it helps. Every once in awhile you hit the brakes and the pedal is stiff and works great, but then will sink to the floor as you sit there with your foot on the pedal.
So air in the system still or bad master cylinder or...?
oh also I have hydroboost brakes not vacuum. the power steering pump is full, but it sure whines a lot. I figured if that was going out the brakes would be harder to push not easier, but maybe I am wrong.
The pedal acts like it. you go to hit the brakes and 90% of the time it goes to the floor with little resistance and little affect on your speed. it is slow to come back up when you take your foot off the pedal. If you pump the brakes it helps. Every once in awhile you hit the brakes and the pedal is stiff and works great, but then will sink to the floor as you sit there with your foot on the pedal.
So air in the system still or bad master cylinder or...?
oh also I have hydroboost brakes not vacuum. the power steering pump is full, but it sure whines a lot. I figured if that was going out the brakes would be harder to push not easier, but maybe I am wrong.
