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effalcon94
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:45 pm 
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hey guys jst got my car started this morning and went to drivce it and realised that i had no brakes and the peadl had hardly any give in it...ive already replaced the brake booster was owndering if there was anything else? mayb i have to bleed the lines??

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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:27 pm 
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Is the one-way valve working??? Does the new booster make a sucking noise under the dash???

 

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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:39 pm 
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Have you checked the vac hose from the booster to the manifold?
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:53 pm 
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new or second hand booster?
as above can you hear a sucking air leak type noise near there.
If it's second hand maybe faulty I got one second hand that was faulty.

 

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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:04 pm 
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hasn't cracked the booster in typical EF/L fashion?

 

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effalcon94
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:27 am 
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hey guys i took a look and it was the vaccum hose from the booster. forgot to hook it back up to the bbm. cheers guys.

regards anthony
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dsyfer
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:57 am 
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effalcon94 wrote:
hey guys i took a look and it was the vaccum hose from the booster. forgot to hook it back up to the bbm. cheers guys.

regards anthony

that will do it
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