Grey5.0
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Please mansplain away, I've never had to bleed breaks before ( obviously lol ) and the more I can learn the better.The car on or off has nothing to do with the fluid portion of the brakes. That's all hydraulics. The car running is only to provide vacuum to the booster for power at the pedal (in simple terms). You don't want the car running becasue 1) it's completely unnecessary and 2) no power to the booster provides better feel at the pedal while going through this process.
You will not get fluid coming out of a bleeder port while "holding" the pedal. The fluid in the whole system is statc. And what I mean by that is if the pedal is not actively moving, no fluid is moving. Even with a bleeder open, if the pedal is stationary, you should not have fluid or air gushing out. Maybe a trikle or so, but not flow. This is the same reason you do not want to release the pedal with a bleeder open. You'll suck air back in.
Sorry if it comes across as me mansplaining this to you, but with your statement about no fluid coming out while "holding" the pedal, I just wanted to make sure you're on the right page.
I re bled all the brakes 3 more times. Starting with the passenger rear then driver rear then passenger front inside the outside then inside then did the driver inside, outside then inside and the same thing. Got it to the point there were 0 bubbles even the extremely small ones.
The pedal is extremely firm when the car is off, exactly how I want it then when I turn the car on I can press it to the floor.
I checked all around the master cylinder/booster for leaks, nothing is under the car. I park the car in the garage in the same spot so if there were leaks Id see them.
The only thing I can think of, about 6 months ago what I assume is a vac line to the booster was a little lose so i simply pushed it back in and its never been lose again.
Or could the pads be very glazed over? I do a lot of triple nickel,tail of the dragon, winding roading driving where I do push the car to the extremes a bit and do brake very hard at times.
Should I try new pads?
Its getting a bit frustrating, the car still stops and I feel confident that it will stop but I want that firm brake feeling.
Thanks again.
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