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Timothy Yhtomit 03-23-2019 05:06 PM

Brake pedal soft when car is on
 
I bled, I changed the master cylinder, brake booster hose has air when I unplugged it but I still can’t figure out what’s going on. Nothings leaking. When car is off brake pedal get stiff but when car is on it goes soft, can’t figure It out help

Josip. 03-24-2019 12:03 AM

Re: Brake pedal soft when car is on
 
Can you explain us how did you bleed it?

Timothy Yhtomit 03-24-2019 12:47 AM

Re: Brake pedal soft when car is on
 

Originally Posted by Josip. (Post 51894729)
Can you explain us how did you bleed it?

I replaced the booster too. But I just put a tube into a water bottle cap and water bottle then put the other side of the tube into the brake front and rear nipple and just pump the brake then hold it in and loosen the nipple then repeat.

hondaxpower 03-24-2019 03:53 AM

Re: Brake pedal soft when car is on
 
Try gravity bleeding starting at the caliber furthest from the master cylinder

DaX 03-24-2019 06:34 AM

Re: Brake pedal soft when car is on
 
Soft as in it goes all the way to the floor, or just softer than it is with the car off? If the latter - this is how a vacuum booster works...it makes it easier to press the pedal.

Timothy Yhtomit 03-24-2019 11:48 AM

Re: Brake pedal soft when car is on
 

Originally Posted by DaX (Post 51894796)
Soft as in it goes all the way to the floor, or just softer than it is with the car off? If the latter - this is how a vacuum booster works...it makes it easi er to press the pedal.

when the car is off, the first few press feels soft then gains pressure after the first few press. If I stop pressing it for a few minutes, it restarts and it’ll be soft again but gains pressure. When you turn the car on, it suddenly loses that pressure and goes soft all the way to the floor but it will come back up.

Timothy Yhtomit 03-25-2019 02:46 AM

Re: Brake pedal soft when car is on
 
Never mind, I found out why. My brake calipers was upside down on the wrong side. I put the left one on the right and vise versa. The bleeder nipple was facing down when it was suppose to face up.


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