I had a mysterious case of disappearing fluid that stumped me for a long
time. There was
no evidence on the floor or elsewhere, either. Finally spotted a very
small drip on the low
spot on the pipes that supply the brake and clutch master cyls ... I had
a leak at the
reservoir/supply pipe fitting(s). It was almost imperceptible, but I
lost a couple
tablespoons-full every hundred miles or so. New pipes solved the problem.
If your brake servo is inhaling fluid you should get some white smoke
out of the tailpipe.
bs
BJ8Healeys wrote:
> Hi, Dan -
>
> If you have the brake booster (optional on BJ7s, standard on BJ8s) and no
> other evidence of a leak, then the fluid is probably pooled in the bottom of
> the booster canister. If so, then you are probably also burning brake fluid
> in the rear three cylinders since the rear carb will be sucking fluid from
> the booster into the carb. You can pull one or more of the three rear
> sparkplugs and check. If you've been burning fluid long enough, you'll have
> a bright white deposit on the plugs.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of Dan Serrao
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:59 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Brake Fluid
>
>
> I was checking the brake fluid on my 63 BJ7 yesterday and found the dual
> supply tank empty in the middle chamber and about half full in the outside
> chamber. I checked this about a month or so ago and it was fine. I crawled
> underneath the car today and checked all the wheels, both master cylinders
> and 3 way connectors. I can't find any evidence of leakage anywhere. Has
> anyone else ever experienced this? Any ideas on what to check next?? Thanks
> to all
>
> Dan Serrao
> 1963 BJ7
>
>
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'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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