1997 Acura CL When i am stopped my brake pedal goes down

1997 ACURA CL
173,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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KEVINHURST06
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when im stopped at a light the pedal sometime, not all the time, the brake pedal will start to go down like it is losing brake power. all i ahve to do is pump the bgrake to fix this. what can be wrong
Apr 28, 2008 at 7:49 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

you may have a by-passing brake master cylinder, this is when under light pressure fluid by passes the seals internal of the master cyl and the pedal will drop, with out any sign of leaking fluid.

Mark (mhpautos)
Apr 28, 2008 at 9:28 PM