re: white smoke - point of failure

[Bruce Blair <bblair@domain.elided>]

The booster does not have brake fluid in it unless something else has failed.

In this case,  the rear seal in the master cylinder would be the 
culprit.    Replace it first.

Replacing the booster may not  be necessary -  I have been using one for 
years that had accumulated almost a quart of brake fluid before it starting 
sucking it into the engine.   Simply use the turkey baster (same one you 
use to suck water or oil out of the spark plug wells) to suck the errant 
brake fluid from the bottom of the booster while you have the master 
cylinder off for replacement.

Now I'm sure someone will tell me how dangerous it is to drive with a brake 
fluid contaminated booster......


Bruce Blair
Seattle
'78 Spider

At 10:30 AM 10/10/01 -0700, Luke M. Kowalski wrote:
>Been there, done that. I thought my white smoke was a fried engine at
>first. Get a new/used booster from APE.
>Redoing the master cylinder is not a big job, either, I would actually
>replace the unit since you are going to be in there, and it gets extra
>stress when its neighbors (clutch master, booster) fail.
>
>thx, luke, Belmont, CA
>
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