martinh
Post #1
Clearly not a 6 or Rallye but I know there are some clued up people on here so worth an ask!The vehicle. 2005 Citroen Berlingo 2.0 Hdi 600kg payload Non ABS
The problem/story:
My dad's van recently went in for mot and failed on the brake load valve being seized and one of the rear flexi hoses being knackered.
So a new brake load valve and spring have been fitted as the old one was jammed solid, a pair of flexible brake lines on the rear and new copper lines from flexis to cylinders, new cylinders as they weren't in the best of shape and new front pads as they were fairly low.
With all the new bits fitted/adjusted I set about bleeding the brakes, got healthy fluid out and all air gone, job done (so I thought!) parked the van out the back, didn't have a very good feel to the pedal but put this down to the front pads being new and not having chance to bed in, left for the old man to collect.....
When he collected he went about 50 metres down the road and came back instantly complaining about the brake pedal travel, So I thought maybe there was still air in the system so carried on bleeding, after a fairly short amount of time I stopped getting fluid out of either the rear cylinders or the front calipers (was using an auto fill kit for the fluid so no the reservoir didn't run dry!)
With this new issue I fitted a brand new master cylinder and went for round 3, we are now getting more than a healthy amount of fluid out of all 4 corners and must have pulled a good couple of litres of brake fluid through but the brake pedal is still absolutely shocking, all wheels lock up but the amount of travel is very unnerving and clearly not right.
The servo is functioning correctly as the pedal pumps up hard when the engine is off and goes light when the engine is running.
Any suggestions other than a can of petrol and some matches?!
Cheers
Martin
Posted 23rd Jun 2013 at 14:57
