hate this car, brakes dont work

[Untouchable7mgte]

hey guys we change all the calipers and we bleed every single one at least 20 times a piece and we also changed the booster and master cylinder. The booster got a littel damaged on install. There is still no peddle at all. We chage the fluid and all the calipers are all clean fluid. There no air anywhere and there all straight fluid. No idea whats going on here and its been 2 days and im getting pissed. Need help from anyone. ASAP

tom

 

[figgie]

dude you check all the tubing to make sure you don't have a leak?

pedal going down and not doing anything is air in the system

ABS? If so you might need to run it a bit to get all the trapped air out of there.

 

[mrnickleye]

Reman master??? I've seen some bad ones right out of the box.
ABS??? you're not supposed to bleed ABS the way you do on non-abs systems.

 

[Untouchable7mgte]

i think i have solved my problem. 1. my car is not equipped with ABS 2. i have an ABS brake master cylinder in. so i think that was my problem the whole time.

 

[mrnickleye]

Let us know what happens, so we don't make that mistake.

 

[e90suprat]

Also, when you get the right master cylinder, make sure you bench bleed it before you install it. I made that mistake when I installed mine and had the same problems you are having.

 

[briansupra]

did you make sure that your bleeders are on the top side of the caliper?
because if you have them on the bottom it will not get all the air out of the calipers, even if it looks like you did. air wants to travel up not down.

 

[Satan]

I have a very spongy feel to my brakes and the pedal goes way low.... Air in the system, right?

Well, after many bleeds and alot of frustration, I don't think so. I've been searching and have found nothing different in the TRSM or anywhere else that tells me to bleed it differently for my ABS.

At this point, I am getting ready to rebuild the calipers and flush the system a bit.... I am worried that this ghost problem might still be there when I'm done. There aren't any leaks from any of the lines or anything and the reservoir stays at the same level.

Seen others with similar issues, but no answer on the resolution. Anything's helpful at this point, thanx!

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