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Old 30 Dec 2003, 12:18 pm
Rex B
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Default Re: sporadic brake problem - pedal sinks to floor

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:51:48 GMT, "Art M" <arthurruhtraNO@netscape.NOnet> wrote:

|Occasionally (when it's warm and I'm in a traffic jam) my brake pedal will
|slowly sink to the floor. It will still give good stopping power when
|pressed quickly, but for a long application I have to re-depress the pedal.
|
|Is this a vacuum problem?

Nope, it's a master cylinder problem. The seals are letting the brake fluid
bypass. Hard pressure forces the seals up against the cylinder and makes them
seal. Light pressure lets it leak.
Replace the master cylinder.

|(91 Integra -- hope it's all right to ask here as I don't get the Acura
|newsgroups)

That's one o' them furrin cars, right?
Rex in Fort Worth
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