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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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Default What can cause brake pedal to go low ?

I bled my brake twice and the second time, no more air came out.
Still brake pedal goes really low to fully stop the car.

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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 07:53 PM
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bleed it more?
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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check and see if your brake master cylinder is leaking against the firewall.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 08:12 PM
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if you have to pump the brakes to achieve regular braking, it might be your MC seal going out. Hit the brakes do they keeping going down to the floor?
If not might just need to bleed your brakes.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 08:26 PM
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try an MC Brace
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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check the pads. if there is huge pad taper (pads not wearing flat) then that may be a cause of the pistons to knock back quite a bit. you will get this more with slightly mroe agressive driving style vs every day driving.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 11:34 PM
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Default Re: What can cause brake pedal to go low ? (SBE)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SBE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check the pads. if there is huge pad taper (pads not wearing flat) then that may be a cause of the pistons to knock back quite a bit. you will get this more with slightly mroe agressive driving style vs every day driving.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree, check the pads.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 04:24 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turb0accrd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bleed it more?</TD></TR></TABLE>
When I've sucked air into the brakes, it usually has bubbles right away, then I bleed & bleed for a long time without bubbles; then finally more bubbles come out. I bet you just didn't bleed enough - besides, thats the easiest thing to check. How much fluid did you bleed out at each wheel?
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 05:09 AM
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Default Re: What can cause brake pedal to go low ? (JimBlake)

OK, I'll do more brake bleeding this weekend before considering brake MC replacement.
Thanks to all brake gurus out there for your help.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 12:41 PM
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one more thing to do when you are bleeding is to take a dead blow hammer or a rubber red neck mullet-i mean mallet and tap the caliper. like soda, bubbles can get stuck to the walls of the caliper and such.

now go drink a soda and think about it
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 12:47 PM
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master cylinder is probally shot
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