well im a little bit pissed off!! so heres my story. my rear brakes had been sweeling for a couple of weeks, so i figured it was time to get the pads changed. i would have just done it myself, but have been busy with exams ect. so anyways, finally get my car into HONDA last thursday to get my pads changed. get my car back everything seems dandy (besides the ass raping for labour) but whatever. so today (monday) i changed my oil, washed my car ect. and went to the gym.. came out from the gym, jumped in my car, started it, and the brake pedal seemed kinda squashy.. so i was like thats kinda wierd, and started home slowly. sure enough i go to stop and the pedal pretty much goes to the floor..im like ohh that good.. so i get home safely (thank goodness), and i still have no breaks.. there is no puddles under my car, and there is still lots of fluid in the reserve. now my question is should i call up honda tommorow and rip them a new one?? could this be there fault? or could i have somehow ripped something out when i was changing my oil?? im clueless.. any insight?? im right pissed off!! *end rant... btw. its a '93 integra gsr.. and im one step closer to selling the whore!!:madfawk:

 

its likely their fault, sounds like they didnt close the bleeder valve enough

btw, if that happens again PUMP the pedal to build air pressure in place of hydro fluid. its enough to hump you home.

 

yah thats what i did.. didnt really have crisp braking, but it slowed my down...

 

If there is no leaking fluid or lack of fluid its probably a booster problem. There is a hose that goes from the booster to the engine. That powers the booster with vacuum. My hose had microscopic holes in it and would do the same things you said yours does. Check that hose.

 

its weird he would lose pedal with no leak though...

 

and its not like ive been having problems with them..i thought if your master cylinder was going, the brakes would fade every once and a while, not just out of the blue.. i found this on another board, with a guy having the same problem i am.. after having new pads installed.. i kinda thnk it makes sence....

"Alright, I pin pointed the problem with my brakes tonight. One of the techs I work with said that when you replace pads, you need to let the nasty fluid in the calipers drain out when you compress the caliper piston. If you don't, the dirty fluid will get sucked into the delicate master cylinder and will fuc'k it all up. "


im guessing they didnt do it...

 

umm no you don't need to "let the nasty fluid drain out." You bleed the brakes to #1 change the brake fluid or #2 get rid of bubbles.

most likely your problem is bubbles, if they didn't bleed it correctly.


but I see no reason why you would need to bleed the brakes when you change your pads. You may have to remove some fluid from the reservoir but that should be it.

 

alrite..someone answer this for me.. if my master cylinder is going, will it just go out instantly?? or can you notice a difference over time??

 

I've had leaking master cylinder.
the pedal gradually goes to the floor.


I would imagine the brakes would not just quit working.

 

i've had a bad M/C before. ...bad enough that it leaked all the fluid out. nothing in the resevoir...but that takes time.


my guess is that they left air bubbles in the brake lines.