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On 2 Sep 2004 at 20:56, K5Dar@aol.com wrote: > I had fixed the lft. ft, brakes & tonight I fixed the rt. ft. Then I tried > to bleed the rt. ft. caliper. When I added brake fluid it just kept taking it > (about 32 oz.) and the pedal goes right to the floor. I've got to have a leak > someplace. Question - where does the brake line run from the master cylinder > to the rear tee (pt. #5 on pg.4 in Bently). I've looked at all of the lines > underneath & not even a wet spot. That long line to the rear runs inside the car, just to the left of the tunnel. Pull up the carpet and you can probably see it coming out from under that pool of nasty liquid under the gas pedal. Clean up the spilled fluid as carefully as you can. It lifts paint and that will start everything rusting. Standard brake fluid is completely water soluble, so clean it up with a bucket of water and a sponge. Soap is unnecessary. Your leak could be either in that line (they commonly rust thru under the gas pedal) or at the mouth of the master cylinder. Both failures are common and they both put the spilled fluid in the same place. If the line is at fault you can commonly hear, and sometimes see, the fluid squirting out, once you pull up the carpet. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~