RE: [T3] Brake Fluid Leak

["Steve Jackson" <stevejax61@hotmail.com>]

Pulling to the right means the right side is working and the left is
not, or that there is more force on the right than on the left.  Hard
pulling usually means the front end is the problem.  Look for softened
or leaking rubber hose to the left front or a leaking caliper left
front. Brake fluid smells, and rusts the hell out of whatever it is
leaking on, or at least eats the paint off of it.  Shouldn't be too hard
to spot.  


Stephen J. Jackson
Commissioning Engineer, Petron Industries, Inc.
SJackson@petronworld.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Mungkornpanich [mailto:ben@givingclothes.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:40 AM
To: Jim Adney; type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Brake Fluid Leak

Well fluid is dropping, my brakes are really soft, I have to pump once
or 
twice before they work and also the car pulls to the right when braking.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Brake Fluid Leak


> On 14 Nov 2005 at 22:50, Ben Mungkornpanich wrote:
>
>> Ok, so I know I have a slow leak somewhere in my brake line.  Any
ideas 
>> on
>> how to find it?
>
> Look for the wet spot.
>
> What makes you suspect that you have a leak? Keep in mind that the
fluid 
> level
> in disk brake cars will slowly drop as your pads wear, even with no
leak.
>
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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