Brake fluid leak

[Tony Montoya]

ABS fluid levels are low in both reservoirs and there is fluid on the ground. Had the brakes flushed two years and 1000km ago. Brakes work normal and the pressure pump cycled for around 20-30 seconds today. The fluid has been leaking for a few weeks but I just noticed it today. I had parked the car in another part of the parkade and I wondered for a few weeks whose leaky POS left oil in front of my car.
Do I just need to exercise the ABS system? I guess I have to find out if the fluid came out the top or the bottom of the system

 

[docjohn]

check to see if the paint on the brake master cylinder is pealing off ,if so the leak maybe from inside the enclosure,thus implicating the MC seals.Or you could wait for responses from the real tech gurus of which I'm not!

 

[Larry Bastanza]

Tony,

Really does sound like a stuck ABS selonoid. If it is running out in front, most likely it is coming out of the cap of the ABS reservior, check the top to see if it is wet. If so, do the "ABS olympics" first, exercise it.

There is actually only one ABS reservior, the upper one is the main master cylinder reservior. This one will lower as brake bad wear occurs.

In addition, check for wetness inside your passenger compartment, by the master cylinder pushrod, just to be sure you do not have a leak in the main system.

HTH,
LarryB