Brake booster/servo leak? It won't reveal itself until there is enough brake
fluid
to be sucked into the intake manifold which will result in a James Bond like
get-away smoke screen bellowing from the tail pipe.
Scott Donnelly
SV
Thomas Wiencek wrote:
> Check if the power brake unit is leaking. Fluid could be drawn into the
>engine.
>
> On 4/26/01, Ian Clarke <ian@g0rtf.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have an ongoing loss of brake fluid, with my SV sometimes rapid,
> sometimes not, which means I have to constantly check and often top up the
> master cylinder every trip. There is no outward leak that can be seen from
> anywhere at all in the system nor from the pedal side of the master cylinder.
> I installed new wheel cylinders last year and removed and cleaned the
> master cylinder at that time. The brakes work perfectly otherwise and pass all
> tests.
> Any ideas??
> 1967 Alpine B395016652 OD HRO
> (since 1972)
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> Ian
> mailto: ian@gortf.demon.co.uk
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