Steve,

It sounds like your master cylinder is bypassing fluid internally.  If
that's the case you have to either rebuild it or replace it.

Chris.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of
Steven Edmundson
  Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:27 PM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Brake help needed

  Van: `82 Vanagon Westfalia
  Prob: Brake pedal goes to the floor when trying to stop
  Ever since I got the van the pedal would SLOWLY make it's way to the floor
if preasure was not kept on it at a stop. Yeah, yeah, I SHOULD have fixed it
long ago but I didn't. Now when I push the pedal it rapidly falls to the
floor a the while making a kind of wooshing sound (like brake fluid being
pushed through a valve) coming from the master cylinder.There is no brake
fluid leaking from anywhere that i can see.  I'm guessing that the master
cylinder is in serious need of a rebuilding but wanted to get some opinions
first. Tell me what you think.

  PS. I tried to use the search function but it was just taking WAY to long
(20 min and going).
  _______

  Stevo

  My `97 GTI

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