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Old 23-07-08, 02:16 PM   #11
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Default Re: Who's robbed all me brake fluid?

Eeeerm, no, i havent actually lifted the cover. That would involve screwdrivers and such things! I hope you haven't just wasted my trip to Halfords at dinner!
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Old 23-07-08, 05:25 PM   #12
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FFS, you'll never guess what

Its pretty full but seemingly invisibly so from outside. ****.

Theres a wierd black rubber noddy within the reservoir so it aint just a cup full of fluid, and that noddy helpfully squeezes brake fluid all over the place when you try and replace the cap.
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Old 23-07-08, 06:47 PM   #13
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FFS, you'll never guess what

Its pretty full but seemingly invisibly so from outside. ****.

Theres a wierd black rubber noddy within the reservoir so it aint just a cup full of fluid, and that noddy helpfully squeezes brake fluid all over the place when you try and replace the cap.
That black 'noddy' is there so as to expand as the fluid disappears down the lines when the brake pads wear. It's to stop air getting in the lines. It gets sucked down by the vacuum it creates leaving the air on the other side.
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Old 23-07-08, 08:38 PM   #14
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That black 'noddy' is there so as to expand as the fluid disappears down the lines when the brake pads wear. It's to stop air getting in the lines. It gets sucked down by the vacuum it creates leaving the air on the other side.
Ah, i see. At least i learnt summat today, even if it did cost me an unnecessary trip to Halfords.
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Old 24-07-08, 09:35 AM   #15
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Good point and well made
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Si, that was exactly my first thought. No mention of diminished braking so reckoned, it's got to be something simple.
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