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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Increasing the pressure in the braking system
Hello! It's possibel to increasing the pressure in the braking system?
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Bleed the system, make sure there are no air bubbles.

upgrading to stainless steel brake lines will also maintain higher pressures under heavy braking b/c the lines do not expand as they heat up like older rubber ones.
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Ok thanks! But i have a c180 and the pedal is more "hard". The thing is that on my C180 i dont see oil on the out side of the deposite. Strange?
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Hello! It's possibel to increasing the pressure in the braking system?
so are you saying the pedal is hard to press?
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Originally Posted by KompressorGpl
Ok thanks! But i have a c180 and the pedal is more "hard". The thing is that on my C180 i dont see oil on the out side of the deposite. Strange?
I see, the pedal feels spongee
1. check the brake fluid
2. blead the system
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Yes the pedal feel spongy... Some told me to change the brake pump.
Do I have to do that? I change the brake fluid and bleed...
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