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Brake Reservoir Leaking
- Thread starter Tigger
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Take a look at the cap. There is a "ridge" running from the center out to the edge and then down the side or edge of the cap. That ridge is the vent tube that allows air into the reservoir but also can allow fluid out. Take the cap off carefully after wiping around the area to get everything clean (never let any dirt get into the reservoir!). Be careful not to let the fluid drip on anything -- the inside of the cap will be wet with fluid and will drip. Brake fluid attacks paint rapidly. Anyway, take the cap off, clean all the fluid from around the filler neck and threads, and then put the cap back on such that the vent ridge points uphill. The cap only goes on with a couple orientations but one will get it more or less uphill. Fluid sloshes around and gets on the inside of the cap and if the vent tube is pointed downhill, as mine were, the fluid works its way out the vent tube onto the top of your reservoir. If the vent tubes are pointed uphill, the fluid is less likely to get out. I turned my caps "uphill" a couple thousand miles ago and everything is totally dry and clean so far.
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arntufun
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This guy made a youtube video of this very common problem and when I had my Spyder apart last December........ sure enough the same damage in the video was on my Spyder. I'm glad I was able to take care of it before any frame damage occured but the paint was all ate off. Thank goodness I saw this Video from this guy before it was to late.
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BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
LEAKING
It sounds like you found the problem and fixed it, great......But believe it or not you can actually overtighten the cap which will also cause it to leak...ask me how I would know this...:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:......Mike.....:thumbup:
It sounds like you found the problem and fixed it, great......But believe it or not you can actually overtighten the cap which will also cause it to leak...ask me how I would know this...:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:......Mike.....:thumbup:
