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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Ok, so I bought new pads and bled all 4 corners with new brake fluid but my brakes are still spongy. I push the brakes and it stops fine, but when I get to a red light while Im stopped, the brake pedal keeps slowly going in until im almost at the floor.

Could I have bad brake lines? Car does have 163k miles so thats my next guess.

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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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Thoroughly rebleed the system in the correct wheel order.
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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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Thoroughly rebleed the system in the correct wheel order.
Im confident I did. right rear, left rear, right front, left front. I did it until there were no bubbles and new fluid was coming through.
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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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If the brakes were properly bled and you can't detect any leaks, then replace the master cylinder.
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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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Yup, same here, master cyl is leaking by the seals, common problem you describe.
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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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Yup, same here, master cyl is leaking by the seals, common problem you describe.
are you refering to the rod seal?
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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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If you don't have a leak, then the rod seal is fine. The problem would then be internal to the master cylinder, which you would need to replace.
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by RonJ@HT
If you don't have a leak, then the rod seal is fine. The problem would then be internal to the master cylinder, which you would need to replace.
ok, thanks!
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