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1997 renault megane coupe. brakes not working properly?

i went in my car this morning to go to work when i realised that the break pedal when pressing it was going down to the floor and i had to press it really hard to make it stop in time. i,ve checked the brake fluid and its okay. has anyone got any ideas on what i need to do to fix this. many thanx yvonne x

yvonne
June 2009
cheers john, thanx for your help and advice. many thanks yvonne

yvonne
June 2009
Hello - buy the master cylinder from a good factors such as GSF or Eurocarparts...much cheaper than from Monsieur Renault! Its not difficult to fit really, but hopefully without sounding patronising you need to know what you are doing! Basically it means disconnecting the 4 brake pipes that come from the master cylinder, and unbolting the cylinder from the brake servo. The new cylinder comes without the plastic fluid reservoir, and this is swapped over from the old one - its just a push fit onto some pegs. With the new cylinder bolted in place, the brake pipes are reconnected and the reservoir filled up with brake fluid. Now the fun starts...its vital that all air is expelled from the system, which sometimes can mean bleeding new fluid from each front brake caliper and each rear brake slave cylinder. In practice though its usually possible to expel all of the air from the cylinder itself by opening all of those brake pipe nuts again and letting the fluid run through by gravity....why not get a quote from an independant garage? Hope this helps!

John
June 2009
is it easy to fit and is it expensive? sorry for being a pain.

yvonne
June 2009
This means, so long as there are no fluid leaks anywhere, that the brake master cylinder has become faulty, and a replacement one is the only cure. Unsafe to drive....!

John
June 2009

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