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Offline tweed

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #20 on: 02 January 2014, 12:49 »
All the nipples are pointing up, yes?

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #21 on: 02 January 2014, 13:48 »
 :grin: :laugh: tweed dirty boi :laugh:
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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #22 on: 02 January 2014, 19:52 »
Get an eezibleed,put tubes on all four nipples,connect to spare tyre with 40 psi in it,undo all 4 bleed nipples one after the other (so they are ALL open) but ONLY just enough so brake fluid comes through.Start undoing them at passenger rear then drivers rear then front passenger and then drivers side front.Keep an eye on eezibleed fluid container but do'nt worry if it goes right to the bottom as you still have a master cylinder full of fluid.

Doing all four at the same time gives the air no choice but to leave the premises  :laugh:

You can nip the nips up at any time if you need to top up but remove pressure pipe from tyre each time you do.

Wheres that air ????.Oh,it's gone  :whistle:

If you still have a problem then im guessing your master cylinder is leaking through the rear seals so you will have brake fluid in your servo.

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #23 on: 02 January 2014, 22:29 »
Sealey do one for about £115 with all the bits, on ebay its about half price and well worth having :wink:

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #24 on: 02 January 2014, 23:32 »
Well i just got back from the garage and we replaced the rear 2 brake pipes. Bloody ezibleed broke in my hand. The tube that goes from the tyre to the bottle broke. So we was left to "manual" bleed them. Well even worse now. So will have to go back tomz and see if we can fix the ezibleed and try again. The pedal gets near enough to the bottom before i get decent brakes. So it still has air in it. Also we checked all the points were we replaced the pipes and no leaks. Also no leak on the back of the brake pedal.
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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #25 on: 03 January 2014, 00:07 »
You might have a master cylinder problem.

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #26 on: 03 January 2014, 13:38 »
Well im going to bleed again with the eezibleed kit and see what happens from there.
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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #27 on: 03 January 2014, 15:15 »
You might have a master cylinder problem.

Im starting to think this too.

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #28 on: 03 January 2014, 17:14 »
You might have a master cylinder problem.

Im starting to think this too.
If it is dont buy fom a breakers unless its got a ticket, recon/exchange or new (££££) is best where brakes are concerned.
I've bought ones from the breakers in worse state than the one its intended to replace, handy for buying exchange units but a waste in the end :grin:

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Re: bad brakes
« Reply #29 on: 03 January 2014, 18:07 »
They are a lot for the 16v twice as much as a 8v iirc

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