Brake Problem!!! Need Help Please!

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DrftS13
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Hi guys I really need your guys help. I am running 300zx brakes front and rear on my S13 coupe. with a Z31 master cylinder and a z32 Brake booster but for some reason the brakes wont hold pressure...like i bleed them and then the next time you step on the brakes they go to the floor!....it really sucks!

the crazy thing about it is that i had the same brake setup with a stock S13 booster and it worked just fine....

please help me ive checked all the lines and nothing leaks


scott240sx
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did you gravity bleed or did you have someone pump the brakes

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DrftS13
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i have did both methods of bleeding...(gravity and pumping)

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you could still air in the master cylinder or it could be bad. i had another car with the same problem. i would bleed them but it wouldn't help then i had to take it to my dads shop and he said the master cylinder needed replacing. after that i didn't have any problems

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DrftS13
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i have both a brand new master cylinder and brake booster!i might just pay a shop to fix it but i fear they will just be doing the same thing i am...troubleshooting the problem..but i will end up paying them hella money!....

bump: any help please

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Check to see if you have a leaking piston... its a possibility..

also, You should really try re-bleeding the Z31 MC (off the car)

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DrftS13
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leaking piston?...the MC piston? I have bench bled the MC twice already...this is sooo frustrating

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who knows you could have bought a bad mc?! if you bought it from a parts store take it back and say its a faulty one. also when you go back to bleed the brakes you don't keep finding air in the lines do you?

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DrftS13
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no when i bleed the rear there is no air in the lines...but when you come to the front its a whole different story...imma jus bench bleed the MC again and hope for the best...240s

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you might have an air leak in the front calipers!? is it the same on both sides? double check all of the fittings and bleeder screw.


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