Think I must have a small leak somewhere, and having topped up my brake fluid reserviour, I now have slightly spongey brakes, which means there's probably air in there somewhere.
So, although I am happy I can bleed the brakes, apparently I'm supposed to do them in a certain order?
Any hints welcome, its a 52 plate Vauxhall Vectra.  |
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Start with the furthest one from the master cylinder, not sure if you have found the leak yet though? If not then bleeding your brakes is not really going to help much |
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Thanks, not sure where the leak is, but it's annoying as this started right after the MOT, just wondering if the garage loosened a nipple or joint to induce a small leak, meaning I would go back to get the brakes done, meaning more money for them lol!
Is a basic bleeding kit ok, or should I buy a pressure type kit? |
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Basic will be fine although pressured is easier, does it have drum brakes on the rear? The mot test does put a lot of pressure on the brake system and slave cylinders on rear drum brakes can weep with out any out ward signs |
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I'll check, I think it might be discs all round.
I will have the brakes checked, just don't like them being spongey, so I'll bleed them and wait until I can get it into the garage.
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If you can't find that leak mart, then check the clutch cylinders, they use the same reservoir. the brake system may have sucked a bit of air in when the fluid was low. The clutch master cylinder isn't a hard job, but the slave cylinder is a different matter because vauxhall in all its wisdom fitted it inside the gearbox |
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Start with the nearest corner to your master cylinder, Mrs Funk has a ford puma which had spongy brakes, turned out to be a corroded pipe which passed the recent mot. |
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I have always been told you start furthest away, so that would be the back on the opposite side to the fluid holder, should be easy to find the leak take a wheel of at a time check for fluid around the brake callipers and just follow the brake pipes, if not there it has to be the master cylinder. |
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"take it to a garage you cant tinker with brakes you could kill someone "
I wouldnt worry, I have done a fair bit of stripping and re-assembling of engines etc in my time, once stripped and re-assembled an entire moto-x bike, right down to the last nut and bolt, including brakes, so I am reasonably mechanically capable,... plus my son is training as a mechanic, so between us we should do ok lol! |
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BUt first of all find out where the leak is and sort that out.