GTV6 Brake Leak & Engine Smoking Related?? (kinda long)

[Jon Pike <jhpike@domain.elided>]

> Sounds like the master cylinder is leaking into the brake booster.
>
> This would explain both the loss of fluid and the smoke which is brake fluid
> being ingested by the engine.
>
> I bet if you remove the master cylinder from the booster you will find
> evidence of fluid leaking into the booster.
That's the line of investigation I was going to suggest.

Long ago, on a 74 Spider I had..  I was having "dissapearing" brake 
fluid.  Level would go down slowly, I'd top it up every week or so, but 
no drips, no trace of it on the ground or anywhere..  Strange.

One day, I make a left turn out of a parking lot, and apply brake while 
I'm still making some centrifigual G's, and HUGE thick white smoke 
billows out the back! Like 20 feet wide.  Almost jumped out of the car..

It was a slow leak from the master cylinder into the booster.  Pressing 
the brake pushed the booster diaphram forward, reducing the volume, and 
the left turn caused the fluid level to tilt up to reach the vacumm 
port.  Glug, glug.  If you ever want a 007 class smokescreen option for 
your car, arrange to pump some brake fluid into your hot exhaust 
manifold.. Maybe that pesky smog air pump would do..   ;-)
I don't know what it might do to a cat converter, though..  74's of 
course didn't have that problem..

You could try duplicating this as a positive test..  I'd expect noticing
traces of fluid in your hose, but it might not visable after a while..
But, watch out where you do it, and don't have lots of traffic behind you!

Jon
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