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Location: Murray, Kentucky
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Brake system ???
Well, about 3 months ago my wife put power steering fluid in my master cylinder (she THOUGHT it was brake fluid...
![]() This weekend I drove for awhile and I noticed it felt like the parking brake was slightly on. I stopped at a store and my drivers side rear brake was smoking. I figured I had a leak in the wheel cylinder and let it cool, then limped it home. I tore into it and everthing looked good, so I bought a new wheel cylinder and put it on. Then I pulled the master cylinder to refill with new fluid and when I went to bench bleed it, I couldn't force the plunger. I used a hammer to give it a love tap and it moved but didn't return back. I bought a new master cylinder to put on, but I started thinking I should remove all the old brake fluid so I disconnected the rear lines and the rear line at the proportioning valve and THOUGHT I would be able to use compressed air to force the old fluid out. Nope, some came out but not as much as I would have thought. So, how do I get the old fluid out? Do I put the new master on and force the fluid out with the new fluid? Rg
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Vacaville, CA
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I think I would get a mighty-vac and suck it out then flush with alcohol.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Cahokia, IL
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if almost nothing came out the 2 bleeders then the rear rubber hose maybe bad & is collasping inside itself. i'd replace it. then hook everything back up, fill the bowl w/brake fluid & then open the passager rear wheel cylinder & let it gravity feed out. when u see clean fluid come out of it close the bleeders. then do the same to the drivers rear, passager front then drivers front in that order. then do a power bleed w/someone slowly pumping up the pedal & holding it, then bleeding them in the same order. either do that or power bleed them w/clean fluid & a mighty-vac if ya got one....joe
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