tomshobby
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This mainly has to do with my Midget although I have had similar experiences with my TR6.
When I got my Midget back on the road last Fall everything with the brakes work great. It as an entirely new system. No leaks, runs, or errors. When I backed it out of storage this Spring the pedal went to the floor. MC was empty and there were no brakes. I tried to find the leak and bled the system a couple times and they worked again but for a while I had to add fluid a few times.
Now after about 500 miles everything works great and it does not leak. I am running Dot 5. One thing I have noticed is that water does not seem to mix with Dot 5. Has anyone else had something like this happen? Been thinking about this for a while and wonder if there is any chance that some water may have collected somewhere in the system and froze. The freezing possibly causing a seal to loose shape and leak. Then after bleeding and using the brakes that seal might have returned to its original shape.
One thing I do know it makes me nervous and I will be watching this very close.
When I got my Midget back on the road last Fall everything with the brakes work great. It as an entirely new system. No leaks, runs, or errors. When I backed it out of storage this Spring the pedal went to the floor. MC was empty and there were no brakes. I tried to find the leak and bled the system a couple times and they worked again but for a while I had to add fluid a few times.
Now after about 500 miles everything works great and it does not leak. I am running Dot 5. One thing I have noticed is that water does not seem to mix with Dot 5. Has anyone else had something like this happen? Been thinking about this for a while and wonder if there is any chance that some water may have collected somewhere in the system and froze. The freezing possibly causing a seal to loose shape and leak. Then after bleeding and using the brakes that seal might have returned to its original shape.
One thing I do know it makes me nervous and I will be watching this very close.