re: fluid in brake booster

[Simon Body <body@domain.elided>]

Bruce

You are absolutely correct ... it was brake fluid, I neglected to mention 
it in my post.
I'll do as you say and see how things go.
Many thanks

Simon





At 09:23 AM 11/18/2002, you wrote:


> Simon,
>         What you found inside your brake booster is brake fluid, not 
> oil.  Your
> old master brake cylinder was leaking out the rear seal and the vacuum
> in the brake booster is pulling the fluid inside.  Had your brake fluid
> been disappearing?  Then you've found it!
>
>         Get a turkey baster and suck out all the juicy fluids from the 
> booster.
>  Then soak up the remaining fluid with paper towels until gone.  No need
> to get another booster unless it no longer holds a vacuum; no harm was
> done to the booster by the brake fluid.
>
>         Bruce
>
>         '86 Spider
>         '73 GTV
>
>
> > A little while back I was replacing the brake master cylinder on my 91
> > Spider because it had developed a small leak. Being basically a boy at
> > heart, and with the small opening of my brake booster where the brake
> > master cylinder attaches to right in front of me, I put my finger in 
> there.
> > I found maybe a half inch of oil sloshing around in the bottom of the 
> brake
> > booster. The brakes are fine.
> > Should I replace the brake booster?
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