cjmahone66
CEG'er
SVT with 4 wheel disc brakes: i have a track day coming up in a couple weeks, so i decided to put on some new pads and flush the old fluid this weekend. now i'm having a problem and i need some advice please!
changed pads, that went fine, then i flushed fluids. started out with my mighty-vac, but couldn't get a good seal so i switched to the old fashioned method and had my wife help me. the fluid flowed pretty easy with the foot-pumping method and clean fluid came out with no bubbles. did all four wheels and the peddle felt nice and firm, i was real happy. didn't test drive that day because my washable air filter was still drying.
next day i go to take it for a spin, and the peddle is real soft, goes almost to the floor before it stops. when i turn the car off, the brakes are real firm again after a couple pumps. brakes appear to work fine when the car is off, then when it's running they go soft on me. what the heck did i do wrong?! obviously, i gotta get this figured out before track day.
changed pads, that went fine, then i flushed fluids. started out with my mighty-vac, but couldn't get a good seal so i switched to the old fashioned method and had my wife help me. the fluid flowed pretty easy with the foot-pumping method and clean fluid came out with no bubbles. did all four wheels and the peddle felt nice and firm, i was real happy. didn't test drive that day because my washable air filter was still drying.
next day i go to take it for a spin, and the peddle is real soft, goes almost to the floor before it stops. when i turn the car off, the brakes are real firm again after a couple pumps. brakes appear to work fine when the car is off, then when it's running they go soft on me. what the heck did i do wrong?! obviously, i gotta get this figured out before track day.