The brakes are a little spongy, I took it to Pepboys and one of their techs said that it wasn't the cylinder, another tech said it was. I just got new brakes put on and a brake fluid flush was done. At first they said it was air in the brake lines, now it is the cylinder. Is there anything I can do or look at to tell for myself?
2007-03-04 10:13:07 · 4 answers · asked by jac090882 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If the master cylinder is leaking internally you will be able to tell by applying pressure to the pedal & holding it for several minutes. If it is bad your pedal will continue going down slowly. If it is just spongy then it is air in the lines. A lot have places have free brake inspections. Bring it to several of them & then use the one you trust thre most.
2007-03-04 10:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by gejandsons 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the brakes have been bled properly (which is hard to do sometimes), then if the brake pedal goes to the floor, you have a bad master brake cylinder. This assumes there's no brake fluid leak.
2007-03-04 18:21:58 · answer #2 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the brake cylnder is going you should have damp or wet around the wheel from leaking fluid when you press the brake down hard, you say it feels spungy, maybe they didnt get all the air out, if you look into the resivor and the fluid has little bubbles in it then you may have another flush done some where else hope this will you
2007-03-04 18:23:06 · answer #3 · answered by brian m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a rule on any car with power brakes. let car idle, and put it into drive. now step on the brake pedal hard enough, to hold the car still. if that master cylender is failing, pretty enough pressure will be lost, to allow the car to start moving again.
2007-03-04 18:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by duster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋