HELP! Brake fluid/cluch fluid doing a disappering act

[MarkyBoyT25]

Im Mark aka MarkyBoy a 26year old Type 25 boy from Northampton, Hello all

please may i have your help fellow T25 Vee dubbers,

my brake/cluch fluid seems to be disappering without a wet patch inside or out

when the fluid is low the brake light switch doesn't work, but the other day it got so low the cluch didn't work

i topped it up now i have a cluch again

but i really do want it fixed propper jobby, should i just change the slave and master?

If anyone can help that would be brilliant, cant believe iv only just foum this forum

i hope to be a club member soon and do some dubbing with you guys

cheers

MarkyBoy

[toomanytoys]

If its losing fluid then its going somewhere.. check rear brakes and the slave cyl on the gearbox.. as these are the usual points.. then it could be the clutch master cyl tucked up next to the steering , this will leak all over the floor...... a good inspection of all pipes would be next on the cards....

[Plasticman]

As he^^^ says, there is only 1 known thing that is certain to dissappear without trace on these vans,,
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there be a wet pipe or wet wheel fr or rear or clutch slave.
mike

[MarkyBoyT25]

Flooring up no fluid

master and slave dry although the master does look cruddy

No fluid around the wheels



i will be painting my bus with a roller

[Plasticman]

You aint looked propper then
i had a leak simmilar on my golf, was a leaking pipe into a box type area,
if your loosing fluid it will be visible somewhere,remove the spare and check those pipes also look to the top of the tank as a lot of fluid can hide up there, speed it up and stand both feet on the pedal and go for a burst,
(assuming not clutch) though that could also be leaking above the tank
mike

[MarkyBoyT25]

I will look harder i am really trying Promise

happy i havent lowered it i was under there for hours looking

bloody weather

[jamesc76]

pull the rubber boot on the slave cylinder away see if full in there if not time to wip the drums off to have a look see

[MarkyBoyT25]

Cheers,

i looked in there, wheels off next then by the sounds of it

thanks

[MarkyBoyT25]

Just a Quick update on this

It was the Master cylinder (leak got worse few months down the line and it was hiding in the gator) got a new one off ebay got a new flexi from brickwerks, now ive gotta join some pipes up or replace the lenght of pipe from back to front. (had to cut it connections soooooooooo rusty!)

So an easy job has turned into a nightmare!

best place to get connections from and pipes please?

Brickwerks do a joining pipe but it looks like a gas fitting they supply with it?!?!

and then still i need the small pipe fom master to flexi

cheers Marky

[MarkyBoyT25]

Foster Slave not Master

More Fosters now


cheers

[MarkyBoyT25]

What DOT fluid should i be using?

help please

[Ian Hulley]

Dot 4 ... see the wiki, it's full of usefull info. Also a Haynes manual at least.

Ian.

[MarkyBoyT25]

Cheers IAN less of the cheek im being lazy ha

thanks bud

[Ian Hulley]

Cheers IAN less of the cheek im being lazy ha

thanks bud

No seriously, you may not have internet access or no-one's around to answer your question ... like during Bashtie or August for e.g. A Haynes manual is always handy and one should come with every s/h car you buy.

Ian

[MarkyBoyT25]

Thanks

Previous owner says we got one Cheers dad

so what can i do for the club Ian?