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Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!male.EBay.Sun.COM!zacson4!dloyer From: dloyer@zacson4.EBay.Sun.COM (Dennis Loyer) Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech Subject: Re: Leaking brake fluid. How to find leak Date: 8 Jan 1993 23:16:03 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1il1vjINN2qf@male.EBay.Sun.COM> References: <1993Jan8.222545.3787@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: dloyer@zacson4.EBay.Sun.COM NNTP-Posting-Host: zacson4.ebay.sun.com In article 3787@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu, sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin) writes: > In article <ahusain.41@comm1> ahusain@comm1 (Asad Husain) writes: > >Hi there. > > > >I seem to have a leak in my brake system. Every 2 weeks I have to fill up > >my master cylinder with brake fluid. What can I do to find where the leak > >is. I have tried to look for obvious leaks but can't find any. > > > Check the brake calipers and rear brake cylinders, any rubber line and any > metal line that runs right underneath the car, by the frame or axle. > -- > "Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man > knows when he's had enough to drink!" > -Steven J Orlin sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Worse yet is raw linseed oil, I had this done to me, when introduced into the combustion chamber, the oil breaks down into a resin. This resin literally glued the pistons to the cylinder walls in my engine, causing a lot of damage which forced me to replace the complete engine, not very fun or cheap.