Did I bleed my brakes wrong? I have an 06 Mustang GT.
I just bled my brakes. My pedal feels 'soft'. Kind of like how it did before. I can't really tell a difference. I don't know if this is normal or not.
Anyways, when I bled my brakes, I had my GF press the brake pedal. Unfortunately she mad the mistake of going 1/2-3/4 of the way down with the brakes sometimes. I don't think it damaged anything though.
Whenever I brake at idle, my brakes make a 'puff' noise when I slam it at idle. I never noticed this sound too much prior to bleeding my brakes but I never really looked for it so I have no idea. They have a smooth travel but don't feel like they are activating until I am about 1/4 of the way down. They don't bite hard and high like my buddies Corolla but like I said, it was like that before as well. They bite hard when they are deep in.
What could I have done wrong? Did I even do anything wrong? The brakes engage fine I am just worried about the puff sound they make at idle or when I slam it on light load. They don't make that sound when I'm braking at 45mph.
>never let master cylinder run dry >had aquarium tubing in brake fluid so air wouldn't travel in
Luis Lee
take it to a shop before you kill someone
Connor Collins
The brakes work fine man
Lucas Lee
>the thing that keeps me from crashing is acting weird >I don't know what's going on >it's fine
What do you think your next car will be, after you write this one off?
Julian Stewart
It actually sounds about right
Carter Cook
Is it? I mean, my car is an 06 GT so it has a booster vac that works under load and volume, right? Shit is computerized too, right?
There's not any less or any more pressure than before. I don't remember my brakes making the puff sound because I never slammed the brakes at idle so yeah.
Alexander Russell
Okay, I just tried the same thing on my roommates 2010 Corrola.
It makes the same noise when you hit the brakes.
Am I just stressing over nothing? Is this just one of those sounds you ignore basically? Again, my brakes activate just like before and the pedal feels basically just like before. The old brake fluid was pretty dirty. I feel my clutch grab better but I don't feel anything different in my brakes.
Ryder Russell
Also forgot to point out that my car has servo brakes
Joseph Robinson
As long as the brake fluid reservoir has never run dry, you shouldn't need to bleed your brakes I don't think. The only other way for air to get in the lines would involve brake component failure.
Ryder Flores
Dude the fluid that came out was diarrhea black
Joseph Perry
Are you sure you bled the right lines?
Ayden Barnes
Yeah man
Brake fluid came out
David Baker
Personally, don't screw around with things you don't know about as a general rule. That's my best advice.
William Johnson
Doesn't sound like anything is wrong. Op what you are experiencing is automotive hypochondria
Adam Martin
You have to flush your brakes every once in awhile, like twice a decade, to get all the rust and gunk out of the lines. You have to make sure they're bled right when you do that.
Jack Moore
>mfw master cylinder is almost completely shot now >mfw I still drive it 60 miles a day every day in the city
Jack Nguyen
If your brake lines are rusting, and gunking, I think you have bigger problems than the fluid. They're a sealed system, and if they're not sealed, they're broken. If everything is working properly, you're not going to randomly need new fluid (apart from topping up the reservoir), unless you're anal.
Ethan Collins
Brake fluid is hygroscopic, it does absorb water over time. And old brake fluid gets shitty and eventually can boil when it's heated up under hard braking.
John Williams
bump
Brandon Carter
bump
Charles Stewart
ABS cars sometimes require a scan tool to bleed brakes properly since the internal ABS valves have to be actuated. This could be the cause of the soft pedal.
However a low pedal is usually due to excess clearance between the pads/shoes and the rotor/drums, depending on how the car is equipped. If the car has rear drums they probably just need adjustment, Rear drums should actually be fairly difficult to turn by hand with noticeable sound of dragging shoes but you should still be able to turn them.
If 4 wheel disc it's possible that one or more caliper guides are stuck such that the calipers are not free to move and this is what's resulting in the excess clearance. I would suggest a complete inspection, cleaning, and lubrication of caliper guides and pins. Especially on a 10yo car.
Bentley Ramirez
holy shit guys.
OP, you are probably ok, but if you have any concerns just go around the car and bleed it again. Spend $60 on a motive power bleeder so you can do the job alone.
As far as the sound, most modern cars do this.
Connor Wilson
on most cars brake fluid and clutch fluid are the exact same fluid.
if you bled only your brake lines your clutch isn't going to feel better you idiot. two totally separate things.