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Subject:Re: Is mechanic on the level?
From:Mike Catlin
Date:Sun, 31 Jan 1999 08:53:01 -0800

DAVID MOST wrote:

>  The service manager actually said
> that (referring to the slave cylinder) there's fluid in there, and that's
> why it needs to be replaced.  Any idea what he might mean?  If it's
> really leaking, would he not have just said that?
>

If you use a screwdriver to lift up the rubber boot on the slave cylinder and see
fluid in there, that means it has started leaking.  It can leak slowly like this
for quite a while before the leak becomes obvious.  The same thing goes for rear
wheel brake cylinders.

Mike <mjcatlin@pacbell.net>