What is your question?
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What is your question?
I push down on the pedal and it doesnt sink to the floor and I slow down, however I am still putting a lot of pressure on the pedal and slowly the brakes let go anyway. My emergency brake is what stopped me. Im not low on fluid and I dont think I am losing any. Will bleeding my brakes do me any good or do I need to brake down and get a master cylinder? Or is it something else entirely? I just want to solve the problem having brakes go out is not something I want to do again.
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YOUR LIFE !!... (and maybe others) IF you are not familiar with complete system/operation , strongly recommend professional diagnosis. With car sitting still (shut off) pump the brake pedal , Then , with foot pressed on pedal , start engine and tell us what happens. Post results of what it does.
Okay , I'm glad you have the car parked , I must have missed that part. You're doing the right thing. What you were describing sounds like an internal leak in the master cylinder , you would not lose fluid or get air in the system.
It stays still the brakes only don't work sometimes whenever they feel like it. Once the car has slowed to about 10-15 mph the breaks slowly let go. And I'm not driving it, it only takes once of trying to kill me, I'm a fast learner. If u pump them when it's starting to release then it will brake again but only for a second and then it lets go again. If it's at a complete stop it will hold, but it wouldn't surprise me if it holds sometimes and not others, because sometimes the brakes work perfectly
Is it worth guessing at? Are you able to answer my first question (series of tests above)? Read again SLOWER.... Then , from your description , in your reply , I'd guess you should have the master cylinder (and possibly booster) PROFESSIONALLY changed. After repair , request to TEST DRIVE WITH someone from the shop to VERIFY symptom is gone. Good luck.
I did answer your question it still doesn't move, are you asking if the pedal sinks, no it doesnt there is still pressure, I am not losing fluid, and unless there's a leak somewhere I couldn't have air in the lines right? I am going to bleed the breaks because it's a quick, easy and inexpensive test. Is it worth guessing? Yes because the car is not moving, nobody is in danger and there is no risk in attempting to figure it out without paying a fortune. I can troubleshoot the brake system on my own, as long as it puts nobody in harms way (Being that the car hasn't moved in almost a month I think I have fulfilled that obligation). I will call my dad who is a professional thanks for the advice