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Sloppy brake pedal

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sportracer

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Here is my problem, While driving and coming up to a stop, sometimes the brake pedal will get soft and go to the floor. It seems like it is loosing pressure as it takes the car a considerable distance to stop. Then ounce stopped you can pump the pedal and it will gain pressure again and then a little while later it will loose it again. I am not leaking fluid as it is staying at the same spot. If anyone has any ideas on what could cause this please let me know. I need to get this fixed as I don't want to drive it like it is.

Jesse
 
Did you check the fluid reservoir? may be you loose it but you can not see it on the floor, if it is from wheel cylinder usually goes around the rim...
fill up the reservoir and try to find the leakage point...
 
Possibly sticking brake pads... sounds like the problem I had on mine. Bleed the brake system, and if it still isn't working, replace the pads and sand down the rotors.
 
It was working great for almost 6 months since the last time i fixed my brakes and then all of the sudden every now and then it would get soft. I looked over the entire system and could see any fluid and Ill have to re-bleed the brakes anyway since I'm sending my calipers of to get powder coated and adding aeroquip brake lines. Keep the suggestions coming so I can check them out. Could the vacuum hose going from the upper intake manifold to the power booster cause this?

Jesse
 
Try the pads first... I replaced the master cylinder, wheel cylinders, lines, and tons of other crap, and it turns out it was the pads.
 
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