Hi,

Impreza wagon my98
I have just changed all the discs and pads to try and cure my pedal pressing to the floor.
I have also blead the system but its still hitting the floor and **** stopping performance.

Any ideas?

 

Have you put in better quality brake fluid? Sounds to me like you're boiling the fluid unless you already have some with a higher boiling point.

Stefan

 

Need some more info..

Try and determine if its your brake master cylinder thats shagged?

With the engine off press the pedal down hard - does it stop before hitting the floor then gradually get lower?

If so it maybe the seals in the cylinder.

If it hits the floor straight away what happens if you pump the pedal? does it firm up and stay solid or gradually go to the floor?

again probably cylinder

When u start the engine does the pedal dip (when pressing it) - if not maybe servo related.

Rich

 

you havent bled the brakes properly andy..

David

 

**** you wallis i have blead the brake correctly because a mechanic did it!

Anyway engine off the pedal sinks to the floor, pump it up and it bites higher up and gets hard turn the engine on and it drops to the floor again.

Thanks

 

still sounds like you have air in the pipes somewhere !!

 

either take it back to the garage, or if you want it done properly (as the mechanic does not sound very good if he let the car go like that)buy a brake bleeding kit that uses air from a spare tyre, as it will push loads of fluid through the pipes and bleeds them properly...

 

Have the calipers ever been removed or changed?

I once had a customer who fitted his new 4 pot callipers on the wrong side, so that the bleed nipples were at the bottom, instead of the top. You bleed out clean fluid, as all the air is sitting in the top of the calliper.

It was only when he came back for his 4th litre of brake fluid that he agreed to let me look at the car.

 

**** you then andy..

Actually no Ive got it.. the brake pedal is in the middle not the one on the left

David

 

lol HAHAhA, thats funny wallis i do get mixed up some times.

uummmmm just had 2x steak and ale pies

Just took the car for a MOT it passed!

I'm off to see Choppin tomorrow anyway

 

Are you still on a ban Wallis? if so how long left?

 

25 days left.. if your off to see howard.. will you ask him for the master cylinder he said I could have and Ill come get it off you??

David

 

MAYBE