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Phil Sims Posted on Feb 24, 2012
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Spongy breaks after bleeding on a 1997 ford expedition

Already bled them and tested they worked fine but then after i parked it for a while they got spongy again

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The is still air in the system, rebleed the brakes starting with the- right rear-left rear- right front- left front. some vehicles with ABS need to be running so the abs system gets bleed properly.

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Stil has air in there. Gotta bleed it again.

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  • Posted on May 15, 2009

SOURCE: Spongy brakes after bleeding them 2 times. Should I try to bleed the master cylinder or replace it?

Honestly your guess is as good as mine. But I don't think the master cylinder is NOT bad you still have air in the system. Get a big bottle of brake fluid bleed all four sides until you run out of fluid or your brakes work properly. You should divide the bottle's content in four, then use each quantity in each side. You'll be removing air and contaminated fluid from the system. Get a small hose that fits on the bleeders and an appropriate container. I have a good feeling if you do this your brakes will work just fine. I don't know how you are bleeding the brakes. I'll let you know the proper way just in case. This is a two man job, with the wheel off, have someone start the car. Have them pump the brakes a few times to get pressure. 1With the brake pedal UP open the bleeder, 2then have your assistant press the brake pedal all the way down and leave it completely pressed down. 3Close the bleeder valve, once close and only with the valve closed have'm release the brake. Repeat as necessary, bake depressed, open valve first then press brake. DO NOT depress until valve completly closed. Close valve THEN depress. Good Luck!

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SOURCE: 2005 f150 spongy brakes

it sounds like your still not getting all the air out of your lines. it helps to have a brake bleeder but they are expensive, it also could be that the gasket inside the master cylinder is inverted even if it is a new master cylinder this could be the case, ive had four bad remanned ones in a row, before i got a good one... hope i could help

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  • Posted on Oct 18, 2010

SOURCE: I have a 2003 Expedition that the pressure on the

Check that the master cylinder is backing off enough. Check for binding brake pistions.

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