Brake questions (kinda long)

[Ti Kan]

Mihnea Cotet writes:
> transparent brake fluid instead of that old and greasy fluid! The problem is 
> that even after bleeding thoroughly the brake MC, proportioning valve and 
> each caliper, my brakes are a bit weak at first (the car stops and the pedal 
> doesn't go to the floor), and after shortly pumping once on the pedal, they 
> are great, a lot stiffer when pressing the pedal than before pumping...I've 
> checked that no more air comes from each bleeding screw before closing it, 
> so this shouldn't be the issue... What can this be? Bad MC? I hope not...

If you are absolutely sure that you have bled out all the air from the
system, and your brake hoses aren't leaking, but you still have a weak
pedal, then the master cylinder ist kaput.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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