Brake Light

MysteryMachine · Jan 20, 2006

My brake light keeps coming on. It will come on for a few min then go off any ideas why? And yes the brake is off

95cobraguy · Jan 20, 2006

check the brake fluid level

HISSIN50 · Jan 20, 2006

How is the fluid level?

EDIT: beat to the punch.

MysteryMachine · Jan 21, 2006

i'll check that when i go back out. It does seem to do it most when you push on the brake. i was gonna check the fluid but haven't yet. Looked like christmas lights this morning going to work with the brake light and CEL flashing on and off

95cobraguy · Jan 21, 2006

it sounds like a fluid level situation, how are the brakes on the car?

mo_dingo · Jan 21, 2006

Air in the lines will do the same thing. Have you had any leaks recently? replaced the brakes recently?

MysteryMachine · Jan 21, 2006

brakes are good. Had them off when i did the suspension so its possible theres some air in there but it didn't do it right away

CManT1914 · Jan 21, 2006

MysteryMachine said:
i'll check that when i go back out. It does seem to do it most when you push on the brake. i was gonna check the fluid but haven't yet. Looked like christmas lights this morning going to work with the brake light and CEL flashing on and off

You think that's bad? Try having a CEL, low oil light, low coolant light, brake light, and ABS light on at the same time! (I think I got you beat, lol)

Your fluid is most definitely low. I would NOT recommend just filling it up though. Brake fluid does not just disappear. Either your pads are worn down, causing your MC to displace more fluid to push the pads further, or you have a leak somewhere. Probably more likely your pads are low. Check your fluid level, then check your pads.

bill302 · Jan 21, 2006

the brake light turns on only when emergency brake is on and when the float inside the brake fluid reservoir reaches a certain low level.fill fluid to proper level and ensure float is operating correctly you can look into filler hole and see float it should be floating on top of fluid.

MysteryMachine · Jan 21, 2006

I looked and the res. is a little low i'll put some in tomorrow and see what happens. Chris as i said before my pads are fine i had them off when i did all the suspension crap and they where like brand new. Its possible there was some ai i the line or something cause the res got low when i theft the lines off all that time. I'll fill it and see what happens and if it still comes on I'll make sure all my fittings are tight. Maybe the caliper I rebuilt didn't hold up LOL. Thats why I only did 1.

JT off topic. In that other thread you said about cleaning your egr valve what do you use to clean it or do you just scrape that crap off of the inside?

HISSIN50 · Jan 21, 2006

MysteryMachine said:
JT off topic. In that other thread you said about cleaning your egr valve what do you use to clean it or do you just scrape that crap off of the inside?

Something innocuous like WD40 can be used, along with a bore brush.

Good luck.

CManT1914 · Jan 21, 2006

MysteryMachine said:
I looked and the res. is a little low i'll put some in tomorrow and see what happens. Chris as i said before my pads are fine i had them off when i did all the suspension crap and they where like brand new. Its possible there was some ai i the line or something cause the res got low when i theft the lines off all that time. I'll fill it and see what happens and if it still comes on I'll make sure all my fittings are tight. Maybe the caliper I rebuilt didn't hold up LOL. Thats why I only did 1.

Yea, you hadn't posted when I started my reply. When I posted it, I saw you had just posted about your pads, but I was too lazy to edit my post, lol.

MysteryMachine · Jan 22, 2006

well just added fluid and was looking and noticed my pass side is leaking so I'm off to pull the wheel and find out why

MysteryMachine · Jan 22, 2006

Pulled the wheel looked like it was leaking from the banjo fitting thing. Tightened it up. It was pretty tight to begin with so i don't know what was wrong with it. Also checked my valve cover bolts and they were loose again need to get better bolts or lock washers on them when i do the head swap

HISSIN50 · Jan 22, 2006

Did you remember to use a washer between the fittings in the banjo connection (if a washer was used originally)?

MysteryMachine · Jan 22, 2006

Yeah i loosened it up just to make sure I did put one in there. I'm gonna drive it tonight. Going out to dinner with the gf and the people she works with LOL very late christmas party. I'll see what it does

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