I need some help. I've noticed recently that if I double pump my brakes I build up much more pressure making the brake pedal more firm and stopping just feels a hell of a lot better. The same goes for my wife's 1995 Nissan Quest.
If I don't double pump the brakes seem very squishy and the pedal travels a bit further to the floor.
On my 1999 2.5RS I have WRX rotors and brakes on the front, stockers on the rear and steel braided hoses at all four corners. Last year when I did the WRX change on the front I bled the brakes at all four wheels. There was no air in the lines but I still did it anyway.
After replacing the rotors and pads on my wifes mini-van I did the same thing (bled the brakes). One line had a little air but that's gone now. Her brake fluid is kind of "tea" colored.
Both vehicles exhibit the same thing so I think I'm doing something wrong. I've checked for leakage but there isn't any. Both vehicles are leak free.
When bleeding the brakes I have my wife press down on the pedal until it's on the floor then hold it there. I then open the little valve? at the caliper to the let the fluid out and then close it up. Then I tell my wife to let off the brake pedal. We do this a couple of times making sure that the master brake cylinder never gets to low and there is no air or bubbles in the line.
What am I doing wrong!!!? Maybe it's that the fluid is getting really old and has thinned out? My 2.5RS has 98,000 miles on it without ever having a total brake fluid change and her van has 107,000 miles on it and the same thing.
I want a nice firm pedal. I know the Subaru has a two stage booster but after a double pump it feels pretty damned firm.
ACK!!
If I don't double pump the brakes seem very squishy and the pedal travels a bit further to the floor.
On my 1999 2.5RS I have WRX rotors and brakes on the front, stockers on the rear and steel braided hoses at all four corners. Last year when I did the WRX change on the front I bled the brakes at all four wheels. There was no air in the lines but I still did it anyway.
After replacing the rotors and pads on my wifes mini-van I did the same thing (bled the brakes). One line had a little air but that's gone now. Her brake fluid is kind of "tea" colored.
Both vehicles exhibit the same thing so I think I'm doing something wrong. I've checked for leakage but there isn't any. Both vehicles are leak free.
When bleeding the brakes I have my wife press down on the pedal until it's on the floor then hold it there. I then open the little valve? at the caliper to the let the fluid out and then close it up. Then I tell my wife to let off the brake pedal. We do this a couple of times making sure that the master brake cylinder never gets to low and there is no air or bubbles in the line.
What am I doing wrong!!!? Maybe it's that the fluid is getting really old and has thinned out? My 2.5RS has 98,000 miles on it without ever having a total brake fluid change and her van has 107,000 miles on it and the same thing.
I want a nice firm pedal. I know the Subaru has a two stage booster but after a double pump it feels pretty damned firm.
ACK!!