sherly 0 Posted September 13, 2006 Just fitted new front discs and pads and have decided I want to change my brake fluid too as it's a bit of an unknown but I've noticed some fluid leaking around the master cyl. I'm guessing this has happened because the seals were borderline and as I forced the pistons back without opening the bleed nipple on each caliper to expell the fluid it been forced out of the seals. Is it possible to buy these seals seperately? Master cylinders don't seem to be very expensive (£30 ish) so is it better to just put a new one on? Cheers, Mart Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted September 13, 2006 The seals should be available seperately, part numbers here. That MC doesn't look very old, its still slightly bronze coloured so just the seals should be enough imo. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherly 0 Posted September 13, 2006 I just trawled back through the service history and it had a new master cylinder in '99 @ 92k miles. The car has now done 172k. Looks like I could have another 10k miles left in it then. If I decide to just change the seals does the fluid reservoir just pull out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikeyd 13 Posted September 13, 2006 are you sure it is not just excess fluid pushed out the reservoir when you fitted the new pads and pushed back the pistons? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherly 0 Posted September 13, 2006 are you sure it is not just excess fluid pushed out the reservoir when you fitted the new pads and pushed back the pistons? Yup - definately not. Made sure there was enough room in the reservoir before I started (for once ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
