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| UtilityTruck Member Since: 09 Jan 2014 Location: Oxford Posts: 463  
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Not on the Puma but on other cars. How long since your brake fluid was exchanged? Should be done every 2 years.
Next Iād be looking for leaks either at the master cylinder or at the wheels. 2014 Keswick Utility 2.2 |
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5th Mar 2018 6:01am |
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| chris d3 Member Since: 06 Apr 2010 Location: sunderland Posts: 371  
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Don't think fluid been changed. I'll try that
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5th Mar 2018 6:38am |
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| andydef90 Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: yorkshire Posts: 617 
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brake fluid can get contaminated with water this could be your problem so a change as suggested is a good start
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5th Mar 2018 2:15pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20480
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If old fluid, water gets in the fluid can boil also.
Brake fluid change isn't included in regular servicing, even though it needs doing every 2 years. Funny that - you guessed it. Comes at additional cost. No Guts, No Glory. š¬š§š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æš“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æš“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æš®šŖšŗšøā½ļøš¢ļøāļøš§°šŖ Last edited by custom90 on 5th Mar 2018 2:43pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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5th Mar 2018 2:18pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Also, jack your front end up and check your wheel bearings.. loose bearings will 'flap' the discs to push the pistons back in the caliper, you basically need to pump the pedal to push them out again to get a brake.
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5th Mar 2018 2:21pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Never understood why brake fluid "should" be changed every two years - it can be tested and it either has water in or it doesn't, or rather a set %...
If you want to adopt a precautionary principle then maybe change wipers every 6 months, headlight bulbs every year, clutch every 2 years? |
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5th Mar 2018 5:48pm |
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| chris d3 Member Since: 06 Apr 2010 Location: sunderland Posts: 371
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Cheers lads
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7th Mar 2018 8:39am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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The Indie that services my Puma tests it at every service for water and its recorded on the service sheet and changes it on a regular basis. Mind he and the mechanic's he trains are old school "If its not good enough for him then it not good enough for the customer" Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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7th Mar 2018 9:36am |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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Changing it also flushes dirt out of the system. Usually bits of corrosion and degraded rubber seals. Testers used to be a lot more expensive than they are now, so it was more cost effective for a garage to just change the fluid and charge the customer than buy a tool. I'd also question whether the fluid in the callipers actually gets refreshed if it's not bled once in a while, the fluid in the header could be fine, but the stuff in the callipers could be cooked. |
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7th Mar 2018 2:05pm |
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