NOSPAMrex@REMOVEtxol.net (Rex B) spake unto the masses in
news:3ff1b2ea.356887766@news.txol.net:

> 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.


Yup! MC seals are bad. Open up that piggy bank.


And to keep your new master cylinder new, get your fluid changed once a
year, preferably by the pedal-pump method.

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