Just a few days ago, I had a mechanic that lives down the street from me replace my rotors and brake pads for all 4 wheels. After I got my car back, the brake pedal seems like its loosing pressure to the brakes, and doesn't want to stop as well as it did before. I was told by him that this is normal because the rotors and brakes pads have to break in and adjust themselves.. is this true?
Also, once I popped open my hood I saw lots of brake fluid all around the brake and clutch fluid tanks, where you refill them, and below my car as well. When I opened the brake fluid cover the little pump type thing thats attached to the cover was moving up and down like its not stable to the piece. is this normal? I can't remember if it was held together and didn't move up and down, because my brakes seem to be loosing pressure so I'm wondering if their not getting the brake fluid pumped to them. I may be wrong with this, just wondering if it has any relation to the problem of my brakes not stopping as well, and possibly the leaking brake fluid I'm finding.
If someone could please help me out with this and let me know if I really am having a problem with my car. I don't want to have to blame my mechanic for this one, because I have never had any issues with my brakes until after this job was done. Thanks everyone!

 

When you're brakes are worn down, your brake fluid level will go down as well. If for some reason he or you filled the brake fluid when it was low then once he puts new pads on... The fluid should overfill.

Does that makes sense? lower the pad = lower the level.

If you refill the level and add more pad, then it should overfill and spout out.

If the brake pedal seems squishy, bleed it and go from there.

 

yea i knew that, if the brakes are worn down then your brake fluid will go down as well. I didn't know that if you put new ones on, then fill up the brake fluid that it would overflow. Because after he replaced them I went and added some brake fluid cause it was a bit low. I didn't realize that it would spout out and leak a little. So I guess my problem is normal then, just wanted to make sure. But I asked him about bleeding them and he said he did that too. But its just weird because the pedal is really squishy and supposedly its suppose to be like that after this job is done (rotors and pads) at least i was told this. thats why i dunno why it would still be squishy if he did bleed them afterwards.

 

yeah wipe up all that excess fluid, that stuff does a nice number on paint.

its likely that he may have pressed the caliper pistons back in without checking the reservoir causing it to overflow.

as far as the squishy pedal, do another bleed.

 

yeah i'll be sure to wipe up all the fluid, but most of it is under the hood by the bottom of the engine.
I didn't state before how he did do a rear caliper change on the driver side of the car. so that is probably right, is there anything I have to do now or is it fine and shouldn't overflow again?
I'm definitely going to do another bleed, cause there is obviously still air in the system.

 

Ya, just bleed it and wipe it down. You're good to go!

 

Bleed them again and go from there, as said above.

Keep checking the brake fluid res. as you drive your car, if it starts falling low then you may have a leak. A common cause is pressing the caliper piston back in too far, or cracking the seal around the piston.

 

alright, thanks alot guys! I'm going to bleeding them and my problem should be gone, back to normal braking again. Also, try to wipe all the brake fluid that leaked out everywhere. Yea I don't think its a leak, just saw it that one time and the fluid has remained at the same level for now. So it was just from that rear caliper replacement. Thanks again all!

 

or with hondas when bleeding it is easy to press the pedal to far and causing a internal leak in the master cylinder.

 

well, i've bleed all the brakes, and my problem seems to be gone now. that was all i needed, a simple bleeding to them again. thanks guys