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I have a constant brake fluid leak from my 1989 Lincoln Mark VII which uses an ABS. The leak from what I can tell is happening between the hydraulic line from below, and where it comes into the master cylinder. Now could the leak be caused by a faulty seal in the line or the connector between the two, or would it have to be a busted master cylinder?
I took it to a guy who said there are seals inside of the lines but they are only to keep air out and not to keep the fluid in, but as always around San Diego threres a few workshops that aren't staffed with the best of technicians. The whole keeping air out thing seemed questionable to me so we set out sights on replacing the cylinder anyways instead of examining the hydraulic lines (Tech then noticed he didn't have the part so he couldn't replace it.)
I'm about to go grab a new cylinder but know this community has a lot of experienced people. Should I check/replace the seals first before replacing the cylinder or is the tech actually right and the leak is from inside the cylinder itself?
(Side note, there is the Hydraulic line, the connector, then the master cylinder, but the connector comes attached to the cylinder apparently so you can't just buy one or something like that.)
I took it to a guy who said there are seals inside of the lines but they are only to keep air out and not to keep the fluid in, but as always around San Diego threres a few workshops that aren't staffed with the best of technicians. The whole keeping air out thing seemed questionable to me so we set out sights on replacing the cylinder anyways instead of examining the hydraulic lines (Tech then noticed he didn't have the part so he couldn't replace it.)
I'm about to go grab a new cylinder but know this community has a lot of experienced people. Should I check/replace the seals first before replacing the cylinder or is the tech actually right and the leak is from inside the cylinder itself?
(Side note, there is the Hydraulic line, the connector, then the master cylinder, but the connector comes attached to the cylinder apparently so you can't just buy one or something like that.)