(T) Brake fluid reservoir

digger58 · 10-04-2009

Hi,
When bleeding the brakes under pressure last week the reservoir exploded, it was very brittle to start with and I only gave it 10psi, any ideas for a replacement? Any modern Fiats have something similar?
Tony

digger58 · 11-04-2009

Come on, somebody must have suffered this problem before,

jimbro1000 · 12-04-2009

The general advice is not to use pressurised bleeding systems on these cars as there is a whole host of possible problems and this is just one of them.

I know the old fashioned method is a bind but it works and doesn't cause problems with the reservoir or master cylinder.

digger58 · 15-04-2009

Thanks Jimbro but it doesn't really answer my question, I had tried everything else and pressure worked, I had to get one from my other car but that also is not great, anything similar is really what I need to know,
tony

jimbro1000 · 15-04-2009

You can buy generic fluid reservoirs from any motorsport specialist. It won't be an exact fit of course but close enough. The luck here is that it is a remote reservoir - most cars have the reservoir integral with the master cylinder.

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jimbro1000 Get Your Own Title Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Flixton, Manchester Posts: 1,914 Thanks: 107 Trader Rating: 2	Re: Brake fluid reservoir The general advice is not to use pressurised bleeding systems on these cars as there is a whole host of possible problems and this is just one of them. I know the old fashioned method is a bind but it works and doesn't cause problems with the reservoir or master cylinder. digger58 thanked for this post __________________ 09 Abarth 500 first 200 launch edition
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jimbro1000 Get Your Own Title Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Flixton, Manchester Posts: 1,914 Thanks: 107 Trader Rating: 2	Re: Brake fluid reservoir You can buy generic fluid reservoirs from any motorsport specialist. It won't be an exact fit of course but close enough. The luck here is that it is a remote reservoir - most cars have the reservoir integral with the master cylinder. digger58 thanked for this post __________________ 09 Abarth 500 first 200 launch edition
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