Subject: [Healeys] Vanishing Brake Fluid

From: "R. Price Lindsay" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:36:05 -0500

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After finding my brake reservoir empty of fluid a few months ago and =
checking all the lines and connections which were sound, I sent my servo =
to be rebuilt.  The repair shop told me there was fuel in the servo =
causing the gaskets to dry out and leak.  OK, they rebuilt it, gave me a =
check valve, sent it back, I installed it with the new valve and I bled =
the system.  I=E2=80=99ve had it out on a few local runs, maybe 50 miles =
or so.  Oddly, on my last trip, I smelled something like anti freeze =
escaping but the system is full. =20

I just checked the brake reservoir and it=E2=80=99s about 20% down.  So =
I rechecked all of the lines and connections and I couldn=E2=80=99t find =
any leaks - everything is dry.

Should I expect some loss of fluid when the servo is newly installed, =
the system is fully bled and I have a strong petal?  Is there a =
=E2=80=9Cmysterious place=E2=80=9D that brake fluid goes not to be =
detected?  I=E2=80=99ve heard that the master cylinder could cause such =
an issue but I don=E2=80=99t see any fluid around it or the connections =
and how much fluid could it hold?

Thank you for your help.

Price Lindsay
67 BJ8

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class=3D"">After finding my brake reservoir empty of fluid a few months =
ago and checking all the lines and connections which were sound, I sent =
my servo to be rebuilt. &nbsp;The repair shop told me there was fuel in =
the servo causing the gaskets to dry out and leak. &nbsp;OK, they =
rebuilt it, gave me a check valve, sent it back, I installed it with the =
new valve and I bled the system. &nbsp;I=E2=80=99ve had it out on a few =
local runs, maybe 50 miles or so. &nbsp;Oddly, on my last trip, I =
smelled something like anti freeze escaping but the system is full. =
&nbsp;<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I just =
checked the brake reservoir and it=E2=80=99s about 20% down. &nbsp;So I =
rechecked all of the lines and connections and I couldn=E2=80=99t find =
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the servo is newly installed, the system is fully bled and I have a =
strong petal? &nbsp;Is there a =E2=80=9Cmysterious place=E2=80=9D that =
brake fluid goes not to be detected? &nbsp;I=E2=80=99ve heard that the =
master cylinder could cause such an issue but I don=E2=80=99t see any =
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From: Frank Magnusson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 13:22:17 -0600

My experience has been if the carpet is wet under the pedal, its the master cylinder leaking and fluid running down the pedal onto the carpet.  If there is no sign of any leaking fluid anywhere but the level is down, its going into the servo, getting sucked up into the engine and burned out the exhaust.

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