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Re: Re: It isn't that the brakes aren't any good -
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Originally posted by yosshimura
[B]Not causing waves or anything, but I asked someone else who was a mechanic for a few decades (not mercedes) and he said he never has had to flush brake fluid just for the flushing.... like an oil change... I mean that master cylinder is sealed tight, if not your brakes would not hold pressure, so how could moisture leak in? If it does, then you have a bigger problem, no?
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The brake reservoir is at atmospheric pressure at all times and just provides a small head to the master cylinder where the pressure is developed. The piston being moved to develop this pressure is actuated by your boot and amplified by engine vacuum in the 'booster'.
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NormanB
230 TE (W124) 1989 with 153,000 miles on the clock - hoping for at least another 100K
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