No Brakes-Leaking Fluid in rear
11-11-2023, 02:28 AM
#1
No Brakes-Leaking Fluid in rear
i have a 2020 E350 with approx 39k on the car.
Today i’m driving and notice I can’t stop. My brake pedal falls to the floor. Luckily I was able to roll into a side street. I get out open hood Brake Fluid is empty/ dry!
Look at rear wheel and fluid everywhere.
What would cause this I would have been dead had I got on the highway a few seconds later.
Car towed to dealer- won’t be seen until Monday. This has me uneasy. Thanks for any input.
Today i’m driving and notice I can’t stop. My brake pedal falls to the floor. Luckily I was able to roll into a side street. I get out open hood Brake Fluid is empty/ dry!
Look at rear wheel and fluid everywhere.
What would cause this I would have been dead had I got on the highway a few seconds later.
Car towed to dealer- won’t be seen until Monday. This has me uneasy. Thanks for any input.
11-11-2023, 05:10 AM
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LEAK in rear.
Possible leakpoints are anywhere there is a connection or a line itself:
Hose into caliper
Caliper
Caliper bleed screw
Hard lines.
Have to get it towed and inspected, repaired and might as well flush.
ALso have other 3 corners checked for potential of same issue.
Possible leakpoints are anywhere there is a connection or a line itself:
Hose into caliper
Caliper
Caliper bleed screw
Hard lines.
Have to get it towed and inspected, repaired and might as well flush.
ALso have other 3 corners checked for potential of same issue.
11-11-2023, 09:29 AM
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is this a big $ job?
LEAK in rear.
Possible leakpoints are anywhere there is a connection or a line itself:
Hose into caliper
Caliper
Caliper bleed screw
Hard lines.
Have to get it towed and inspected, repaired and might as well flush.
ALso have other 3 corners checked for potential of same issue.
Possible leakpoints are anywhere there is a connection or a line itself:
Hose into caliper
Caliper
Caliper bleed screw
Hard lines.
Have to get it towed and inspected, repaired and might as well flush.
ALso have other 3 corners checked for potential of same issue.
11-11-2023, 03:41 PM
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The guy who bled the brakes didn’t tighten the bleed screw(s).
11-12-2023, 02:14 AM
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Sounds like the incident did not appear immediately after leaving a workshop. There should have been a low brake fluid warning before brakes were gone if the leak was "decent". Different if a a pipe or the bleed screw got detached.
Older models (211, 212 on salty roads) are prone to corrosion causing a leak at the rear, cannot be the case here.
Older models (211, 212 on salty roads) are prone to corrosion causing a leak at the rear, cannot be the case here.
Last edited by Diesel Benz; 11-12-2023 at 02:16 AM.
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