car people, my brakes YO

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alright about a week ago my brake light started coming on, as i was accellerating from a stop. like the brakes worked fine, but when i let off of them, and hit the gas the light would come on. i thought nothing of it cuz im a G and KEPT IT MOVING.

well earlier this week my foot went to the floor and i couldnt stop. luckily i was in a parking lot and just slid into a dumpster a little LIKE A BOSS.

i checked the brake fluid, and it was kinda low, like 1/3 full, so i topped it off and pumped the brakes and things seemed fine again, light stopped coming on, they worked etc

well today they went out again, also fun fact found out my emergency brake doesnt work.

well what happens is, as i push the brake, it sorta works, but then gives out and goes to the floor, and when on the floor it does nothing, so i drove home from work basically pumping them at every red light and slowing to a stop.

i have stiffness for about halfway and then its like shit NOTHING.

my brake fluid is filled tho. i dont have a leak that i can see. im gonna wait a little bit and go outside and see if its leaking, and then get in it and slam em a few times, to see if maybe they are leaking when in actual use, like it works until theres too much pressure and its shooting out or something?

i dunno

i have about 0 dollars to spend on fixing this.

whats the MOVE

[PancakeBrah]

Aren't you a mechanic?

[Frank Metts]

Your a dumb ass


You need to FLUSH the brake lines you can't just add fluid, probably got all kinds of air in the bitch man not to mention just crud from years of neglect ...

[Rawn MD]

solution...

use the other cars on the road...

like a G

[Bender]

Sounds like you have air in the brake line

[uh-oh]

Originally Posted by El Pancake

Aren't you a mechanic?

ima bodyman/paintline tech. i work on the outside of cars at a bodyshop. i know nothing about engines and shit. i can just fix dings and dents, chips and scratches and prepare it to be painted.

Originally Posted by Frank Metts

Your a dumb ass


You need to FLUSH the brake lines you can't just add fluid, probably got all kinds of air in the bitch man not to mention just crud from years of neglect ...

how do you do that? i thought you only did that when you like fix a brakeline? how could i get air in it?

all i did was put more fluid in the thing.

you talking about like bleeding them or whatever?

Originally Posted by Frank Metts

Your a dumb ass


You need to FLUSH the brake lines you can't just add fluid, probably got all kinds of air in the bitch man not to mention just crud from years of neglect ...

This ^

Originally Posted by uh-oh

ima bodyman/paintline tech. i work on the outside of cars at a bodyshop. i know nothing about engines and shit. i can just fix dings and dents, chips and scratches and prepare it to be painted.



how do you do that? i thought you only did that when you like fix a brakeline? how could i get air in it?

all i did was put more fluid in the thing.

you talking about like bleeding them or whatever?

Google and youtube the make and model of your vehicle with "Bleeding brake lines" as well. There you will find what you are looking for. There are some videos done by mechanics on all kinds of makes and models showing you exactly step by step process as well as tools you are going to need in order to complete the job.

[Frank Metts]

You need to bleed them , adding new brake fluid to old shit it was causes the issues ... Plus you might have a small leak somewhere that's only going to show when fluid is super thinned out

[Ghost1]

Lol brakes r for pussies.

[ill nik-A]

Bro the little nugget by the brakes... It's literally in the neck of the brake system by ur feet

[uh-oh]

i dont know what that means^ lol

my pops is gonna look at it tomorrow we're gonna see if its just air in the lines, i told him it ain't making a WOOSHING sound tho when i hit the brakes, and he said it could be the master cylinder?

something about a plunger that pushes the fluid not sealing right to the sides so it could explain why it goes to the floor and they sorta work

hoping they just need bled but yo i live in ohio and my cars like 15 years old, so the whole underside is rust basically, hoping i dont bust a brakeline trying to bleed it

[ill nik-A]

I promise that's what it is. Little nugget by the brakes

Let me know tomorrow

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Originally Posted by ill nik-A

I promise that's what it is. Little nugget by the brakes

Let me know tomorrow

oh word word. you mean by the actual brakes themselves like up under it behind the wheels?

i thought you were talking about the brakes, like the pedal. i was like, nugget?? i cleaned my car out ain't no nuggets in there lol

but yea i mean i remember getting drunk when my boy put new brakes on his shit and he had to bleed it or whatever, so i vaguely remember the basics of him doing it

but im gonna actually do it with my pops tomorrow. if it dont work im guessing its the master cylinder, if thats the case im pretty much fuckeddd

supporting my pops is killing me i just need to make it till he gets his settlement in a couple months probably from workers comp when he's paying me back what i had in savings and shit

then im just gonna cop something new

this car has lasted me almost 2 years now. at least a year and a half, and when i GOT IT, it was on its last legs, off my mom for 300. has like 200k miles, the starters fucked and rigged up, i cant change the oil ever cuz some thing is broke off, it overheats easily/drinks coolant/antifreeze

theres a million things wrong with it but its been getting me back and forth.d right when i had about enough to cop something newer my pops got fucked and lost his job cuz his work restrictions and workers comp aint paying him etc.

just trying to make it till then. after buying food and paying bills im broke as fuck. literally been scraping by since november. long post. /endrant

[ill nik-A]

Yes by ur feet that's the censor that triggers the light

[Allen Knight]

whens the last time u got the brake pads changed
and there could be a hole in ur brake line.
does ur shit have abs

[uh-oh]

i dont think i got abs. anitlock or whatever?

the brakepads were new when i got it like a year and a half/2 years ago. they dont screech or nothing so they're cool

i literally only use it to drive to and from work, and maybe 2-3 times a week on my lunch break ill hit fast food

thats it tho i have fat bitches take me everywhere else lol

i dont think its the pads. im just hoping its air in the lines. i just didnt think that was a possibility from just putting fluid in it, i thought you only got air in it when you like put new brakepads or whatever onit and messed with the lines themselves

[Allen Knight]

Bleed the brakes

[KwaL!ty]

If you ride to long or have rode to long you will need a master cylinder other wise bleed the lines and add new.

[Sick]

Originally Posted by Bags

Lol brakes r for pussies.

Lmao did lol cuz it reminded me of Key & peeles proud thug sketch