DuctTape4Ever
Newbie
Last fall, i was backing up going no more than 5 mph and slammed on the brakes (to avoid hitting a big rock). All the sudden the brake system warning light came on, and the brake pedal mashed down a ways, not to the floor. After leaving it sit 3 1/2 months, I drove it and had to add fluid every time I used the brakes. Now it is to the point where if I fill up the brake resovoir the evening before it leaked out somewhere by morning. I brought it to a tire shop to have the bead on one of the front tires re-seated, and the shop said there was a leak on the rear brake lines or hoses. Would bleeding the brakes help, with the leak? BTW, the fluid that is in there is black, and 13 years old (last time they were bled was in '04). The fluid probably is quite watery and rusty