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Apr. 11th, 2009
Car brakes
Apr. 11th, 2009 07:19 pmThe brake light on the Taurus has been coming on lately, when I RELEASE the brakes. That's pretty odd behavior. Best guess is that there may have been a small air bubble in the system, causing more rebound on one half of the system, forcing the sensor plunger over to one side for a few seconds. Just a guess though.
It's got 130K miles on it and still original brake fluid, so T and I bled new fluid into the system today. 1 quart out, 1 quart in. The old stuff is very dark, the new stuff honey colored.
While I had it off, I noticed that the rear brake rotors are looking pretty bad, and the pads are getting thin. They were last changed at 60K miles, the rotors are original, and the car does a lot of sitting around not moving, so I'm not too surprised. So tomorrow I'll be buying new pads and rotors. The fronts were just changed at 100K and the rotors look better, so they're OK for now.
It's got 130K miles on it and still original brake fluid, so T and I bled new fluid into the system today. 1 quart out, 1 quart in. The old stuff is very dark, the new stuff honey colored.
While I had it off, I noticed that the rear brake rotors are looking pretty bad, and the pads are getting thin. They were last changed at 60K miles, the rotors are original, and the car does a lot of sitting around not moving, so I'm not too surprised. So tomorrow I'll be buying new pads and rotors. The fronts were just changed at 100K and the rotors look better, so they're OK for now.