are my brakes shot?

[bomber1]

went to escort tec to day and when i started coming back the brakes felt soft/ non exsistant. tho they did pump up thinking i had blown a rear cylinder i pulled up in a layby. no wetness on the back plates and no loss of fluid then the rest off the drive home they were fine is the maser cylinder shot or was i just to heavy on the brakes on the way down

[Fiesta Steve]

Sounds like it may be the master cylinder.

[bomber1]

i will start trying to find one

[flyingbanana]

sounds like it could be master cylinder but if you were on the brakes hard ,could have caused brake fade....if you want to buy new seals you can get them from here

 

http://www.pastparts.co.uk/

[Wessie]

sounds like the master cylinder pushed past its seals

[bomber1]

they didnt seem to have fade before i parked up was there 15/20 mins then left and had fade from there till i pulledup and checked the car over about 30 mins from leaveing escort tec to when i finnished looking at the car? is there any way of testing the master cylinder on the car? dont want to through money at the car but equally dont want a dangerous car!

[bomber1]

sounds like the master cylinder pushed past its seals

 

would it come back on its own or is f##ked once its pushed past its seals? it does seem ok now

[Fiesta Steve]

if you were on the brakes hard ,could have caused brake fade....

 

BHut they wouldn't have pumped up if it was fade, would they ?

[bomber1]

if you were on the brakes hard ,could have caused brake fade....

 

BHut they wouldn't have pumped up if it was fade, would they ?

 

good point

[Fiesta Steve]

sounds like the master cylinder pushed past its seals

 

would it come back on its own or is f##ked once its pushed past its seals? it does seem ok now

 

Yes m8, one minute they will be fine then the next thing you know your foot sinks to the floor and you run into the car in front !!!

 

Then they are fine again

[bomber1]

ok point taken will hunt one down

[flyingbanana]

the brake fad would only cause the car not to stop has well, the pads would be hot.....but prob very unlikely ..brake fade normally happens with drum brakes or alot of hard braking

[Fiesta Steve]

ok point taken will hunt one down

 

Change your brake fluid at the same time, it often gets overlooked on old cars

[bomber1]

ok point taken will hunt one down

 

Change your brake fluid at the same time, it often gets overlooked on old cars

 

yes m8 it looks a bit murky