Re: [DML] Losing brake pressure....Sometimes???
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Re: [DML] Losing brake pressure....Sometimes???



Joe, 

Thanks for the info, but how would you recommend I fix this problem.
Replace something? Rebuild? Would it cost me a lot of money.

Thank you very much

Felix


> You said:
> "..... but here is the funny part. It happens only sometimes ....
> 
> Your problem is due to a partially (intermittently) seized brake piston.
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Felix S 
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 4:22 AM
> Subject: [DML] Losing brake pressure....Sometimes???
> 
> 
> Hello List,
> 
> Another problem which is kind of scary, I seem to be losing brake
> pressure when I am at a stop light or pulling out of my driveway. Pressure
> I mean the car is stopped then I feel the pedal move, all the way down to
> the floor, I pump it and the pressure is back. I would think Master
> cylinder etc. but here is the funny part. It happens only sometimes
> (haven't seen a pattern yet), the day could be super hot or cold doesn't
> matter, there is no leaking brake fluid anywhere, the fluid is always full.
> Someone once told me that I had air in my system, maybe but that's kind of
> weird. Or an internally bleeding brake master cylinder, so I can't see the
> leak? I first noticed this during a parade and we were going stop and go up
> a steep incline for a while and then stop and go all the way down, and
> that's when I noticed it. Anyone had a similar incident before?
> Suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Felix






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