matts87glsedan Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 searching i find threads about spongy brakes, but none about hard brakes, which is what i have. my stopping power is not nearly what it should be. sooo, any ideas ? i have a vac line tapped into the brake vac hose, could that be the problem? this has developed after my spfi swap. i did top up the brake fluid while it was in the garage, but as far as i know i did not touch the brakes. i got tired of my 10 page thread, i thought i'd start a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Sounds like your booster went bad. Here is the test. pump the brake pedal 5 times with the car off. With your foot on the pedal, start the car. The pedal should go to the floor. If ti doesnt the booster died. Never tap a vac line into the brake booster line. It's just generally not a good idea, as there are plenty of other vac lines to tap. i would remove that first and see what happens. But i bet its the booster. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matts87glsedan Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 ok thanks i'll try it tomorrow. i tapped in to it because the booster vac hose i picked up already had the fitting in it so i figured wtf, it cant hurt... but maybe it can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matts87glsedan Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 fixed. i put the booster hose in backwards. i didnt know there was a one way check in it, so the booster wasnt getting any vac.. oops. well, at least my booster wasnt wrecked :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 hehehe that would do it to nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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