YACT - check brake light is on

[TechBoyJK]

and yea i could tell there was a lack of pressure in the brakes.. i noticed this last week, and promptly filled it back up with brake fluid... check brake light came back on again last night, and i could tell i was loosing pressure in the brakes... i checked the fluid again and it was really low.... bought some fluid at the gas station, and took the car home. got up this morning, and it was still full... i put the car on a jack and found that the front passenger side brake system was squirting out brake fluid from the lines whenever i stepped on the brakes. but i cant tell if its the brake line itself or something more, but i think its the brake line. Guy who owned the car previous had stainless steel brake lines put in. I called him and he said he never had any problems with it... of course. i bought the car from a dealer, and while they gave me a bumper to bumper warranty for 12,000 miles (im on mile 8000 now), i still have to pay a $50 deductible.

Before going to the dealer and having them put on an OEM brake line, would I be better to reinvest in another brake line like whats on there now? any recommendations?

I'm wondering what the advantage, besides looks, is to having anything other than an OEM brake line, and if the dealer replaces the failed, aftermarket line, should I have them replace the drivers side one too just so they are the same type of lines?

 

[iamaelephant]

I don't know what it's like where you live, but over here you legally must have the same brake hoses on both sides of the car. I would just replace with the OEM part- there is little advantage to a stainless brake hose.

BTW, I assume you are talking about the brake hose between the solid steel line and the caliper?

 

[jlee]

Try tightening the line first.

Stainless is better, but you wouldn't notice a difference with standard OEM.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: CadetLee
Try tightening the line first.

Stainless is better, but you wouldn't notice a difference with standard OEM.

its as tight as can be.

 

[Pepsi90919]

pay your deductible, it's probably going to be a similar cost to it

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Just cut the wire at the master cylinder. The warning light will go off and never come back on. 🙂


...Galvanized

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Just cut the wire at the master cylinder. The warning light will go off and never come back on. 🙂


...Galvanized

thats even better than my idea to just ignore it and keep putting brake fluid in every day.........

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Just cut the wire at the master cylinder. The warning light will go off and never come back on. 🙂


...Galvanized

thats even better than my idea to just ignore it and keep putting brake fluid in every day.........

Just put a piece of tape over the offending light.

I had a customer do that in her Air cooled VW once because the light was annoying her on her drive down from Portland. Except it was the Generator light (which means the belt running it AND the cooling fan had broken) all it cost her was the price of a new engine!