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Need some help here, folks.
My dad and I were set to bleed the brakes on his ES. He keeps losing brake fluid somehow but we don't know where it's going (more on that later). We were bleeding them just to make sure no bubbles were in the line.
I turn the car on, press down on the brake pedal, my dad bleeds it. The brake pedal turns to mush and falls all the way to the floor, then it stiffens back up as I let off some pressure, and when I put pressure back on it, the engine bogs down and stops. WTF. I try starting it again and the starter can't turn the engine. It's stuck. Won't move it.
We tried whatever we could to get it going again. A couple tries later it finally is able to turn over but not start. One more try gets it started but white smoke starts billowing from the exhaust (pictured above). It's was like we Seafoamed it. Totally bizarre! Luckily, everything seems to be OK. We drove it and let it run and the white smoke eventually stopped even though the smell is still there. We got a precautionary oil change afterwards too.
So what happened? Is it possible for brake fluid to get into the engine somehow? Because that's what it smelled like. We have hypothesized that there is a leak into the brake booster and that a pool of brake fluid somehow made its way to the intake via the vacuum line. Is this plausible? My dad noted how some time several days ago he had to make a panic stop and the engine seemed to bog down similar to what happened today, although it didn't seize up on him or anything.
We've done brakes on lots of cars and have never ever had anything this unusual happen. We thought maybe the car just blew up coincidentally, but since it's running fine we don't know what the heck is going on.
What does GTPlanet think? I've already sent PMs to someone, but the more help I can get the better. Thanks guys.
My dad and I were set to bleed the brakes on his ES. He keeps losing brake fluid somehow but we don't know where it's going (more on that later). We were bleeding them just to make sure no bubbles were in the line.
I turn the car on, press down on the brake pedal, my dad bleeds it. The brake pedal turns to mush and falls all the way to the floor, then it stiffens back up as I let off some pressure, and when I put pressure back on it, the engine bogs down and stops. WTF. I try starting it again and the starter can't turn the engine. It's stuck. Won't move it.
We tried whatever we could to get it going again. A couple tries later it finally is able to turn over but not start. One more try gets it started but white smoke starts billowing from the exhaust (pictured above). It's was like we Seafoamed it. Totally bizarre! Luckily, everything seems to be OK. We drove it and let it run and the white smoke eventually stopped even though the smell is still there. We got a precautionary oil change afterwards too.
So what happened? Is it possible for brake fluid to get into the engine somehow? Because that's what it smelled like. We have hypothesized that there is a leak into the brake booster and that a pool of brake fluid somehow made its way to the intake via the vacuum line. Is this plausible? My dad noted how some time several days ago he had to make a panic stop and the engine seemed to bog down similar to what happened today, although it didn't seize up on him or anything.
We've done brakes on lots of cars and have never ever had anything this unusual happen. We thought maybe the car just blew up coincidentally, but since it's running fine we don't know what the heck is going on.
What does GTPlanet think? I've already sent PMs to someone, but the more help I can get the better. Thanks guys.
