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What is problem when rear wheel is leaking brake fluid ?

I went into work, when i returned to my corsa 1.2 i noticed fluid behind back wheel, its defiantly brake fluid so what would be the problem

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Have someone press the brakes to make sure the lines are not leaking, if all ok there the wheel cylinders will be leaking brake fluid past the piston seal, best bet is to replace both rear wheel cylinders, and all rear brake linings if any brake fluid is found on them. no matter how the are cleaned oil will still come out of the linings when the brakes become hot.

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Probably the wheel cylinder is leaking, I would also check the brake
line going to the wheel cylinder as well.

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Brakes went out,master cylinder is dry. filled the master cylinder pumped brakes and bled rear drivers side

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Brake fluid leaking rear drivers side1997 cavalier

The leak could be due to a leaking brake line in the rear or a leaking brake cylinder. Have the car inspected for the leak by a reputable garage. The car will need to be towed, since it has no brakes.
If you do your own work, refill the master cylinder. Have someone depress the brake peddle while you look under the car for the leak.
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Why dont my brakes work properly after changing my rear wheel bearings on my corsa

The leak probably let air into the line. You will have to bleed the brakes.
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Brake pedal just started needing to be pumped to engage and smoke coming from behind the back drivers side tire

I have the same truck! You could have a leaking wheel cylinder. Look at the brake drum on the driver rear and see if its wet. also check your brake fluid level. If you are leaking you will be low.
Wheel cyl's are not super hard to do, just make sure you do everything and both sides. also do one side at a time so you can use the other side for reference when putting it all back together.
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I have a 99 dodge ram 1500. the brakes go all the way to the floor and the abs brake light comes on. i refilled with brake fluid and the light goes out the brakes work fine, then in about 2 days it...

good chance you have a leak in your break line. easy way to check is have someone press break while you look under the car. best position is just behind wheel look for fluid to spray out you will see a break line from the axel area to your wheel gl
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Brake lines by rear door on drivers side are a common failure point. lines under door failing can cause a total brake failure. Just replace and bleed the lines.
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Losing brake fluid with no leak

It's a sealed system, so it's got to be going somewhere, leaking somewhere (or boiling off from severe braking operations over and over). Since you likely haven't experienced extreme braking, it must be leaking somewhere.
You will have to trace all your brake lines from the master cylinder to each wheel to check for any sign of leaking. Front calipers are easy to spot leaks when they leak. If you have drum brakes on the rear, you may need to pull off the drum to check the wheel brake cylinders. Peel back the rubber boot on each end of the wheel cylinder and look for any fluid leaks there.
Another place to check is at the back of the master cylinder. If a seal is bad there, it has been known to leak fluid inside the car, under the dash. Feel around the carpet under and behind the brake pedal for any wetness. If you find brake fluid there, you will need the master cylinder replaced or rebuilt.
Hope you find the problem. Don't forget to check the ABS system and brake lines, too.
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My brakes had began to fail. I tried adding brake fluid, they got worse. So I took it in for repair to a local shop, they said I needed a new master cylinder and added one. I had been driving my car for...

1- New master cylinders could also fail, possibly due to bad quality replacement parts or maybe even just a factory fault on a good quality master cylinder.

2- If you had blown a rear wheel cylinder, you most deffinatly should still have had a form of front brakes. the reason for this is as follows... For this very saftey meassure manufactures design the container for the brake fluid supplying the master cylinder in two internally, so this would mean that if you where to drain all the brake fluid through the rear wheel cylinders an acceptable amount of brake fluid should still remain within the one compartment of the reservoir for the front brakes to still opperate.

3- Leaking rear wheel cylinders should have been noticed by the technician who installed the master cylinder, the reason for this is because the brake fluid would have had to be bled through the system at each wheel. even though it would have been performed from the back of the wheel one would expect the technician to notice the brake fluid dripping out behind the brake drum.

I hope the above is of assistance to you.

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Brakes sink to the floor

by stating that your pedal sinks to the floor, you leave 3 options open 1.) the master cylinder seal is bypassing allowing the fluid to bleed by the proper correction is to rebuild the master cylinder.
2. One of your drum brakes has a wheel cylinder that has failed causing a noticable behind the tire leak (most common) correction is to replace all brake hardware and wheel cylinder.
3. One of the brake lines is cracked,broken, inspect for leaks and replace with new line.
4. notice on disc brakes if a brake caliper fails (part that squeezes brake pads to rotor) you will have the same symptoms of a broken wheel cylinder, this would of gradually occured feeling a heavy pedal or pulsation.
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