Quick Simple Question

[kyle1911]

I removed my front passangers side caliper brake fluid leaks out of the line. does this mean i have a leak.

By leak i mean when the petal is not pressed down should there be a vacume in the line to pull the piston back in the caliper? there seems to be no vacume. either the way i thought the system worked is wrong or i have a leak somewheres.

Can someone shed some light on this for me.

TIA,Kyle

[96twofourty]

Replace the copper washer

[kyle1911]

It leaks when te caliper is not attached to the line. so the copper washer will not be a factor.

my question is should the line stream brake fluid when there is no caliper attached and the petal is not depressed.

[Rex]

Do you mean you have an open ended brake line when the caliper's off?

[eddiec]

yep. unfortunately its called gravity. pulls everything down. how depressing. all the fluid in the reservoir will flow out til its empty. i suggest hooking everything up and rebleeding your brakes. then look at all the connections to see if you have a leak.

[kyle1911]

yep. unfortunately its called gravity. pulls everything down. how depressing. all the fluid in the reservoir will flow out til its empty. i suggest hooking everything up and rebleeding your brakes. then look at all the connections to see if you have a leak.

Well thanks for your help and you can shove you sarcasm up your ***. i was asking if there was a vacume that would pull the piston back into the caliper, but as i only came up with this theory on my own and not haveing and hardcopy of how it works to read i decided to ask...

i clamped off the line so i will not have to rebleed all of the brakes.

Thanks for the clarification

Kyle

[eddiec]

the so called sarcasm was meant as humor. nor was it directed at you. so why now do i recieve the attitude?? lighten up.

glad to hear you remedied your problem.