You ll notice this more with the engine running because the vacuum booster allows you to exert much more pressure with less force against the master cylinder.
04 pt cruiser brake pushes to floor to stop.
C with your foot still on the brake pedal start the engine and pay attention to what happens to the brake pedal.
Smelling exhaust and gas inside car every time i start it and turn on heater or just fan.
Round metal object attached to the fire wall behind brake master cylinder.
Once the flow of fluid slows close the valve.
Push the brake pedal firmly for 4 5 times to the floor and maintain the brake pedal pushed to the floor engine idling.
One of two scenarios is going to happen.
The general rule is to start at the brake farthest from the master cylinder right rear and then work your way closer ending with the left front.
On a 06 chrysler pt cruiser what will make the brakes hard to push to stop the car brake power booster.
Knocking or pinging when accelerating.
Remove the 3rd brake light trim.
Axle bearings hold the brake rotor true without play while they both rotate.
I just replaced pc valve.
Continue with the front right wheel.
1 35 million pt cruisers were built during its nine year lifetime with that many vehicles produced there are bound to be some pt cruiser problems.
Sometimes it helps to brake one wheel to a stop by holding a shop rag against the tire tread turn off traction control if equipped and do it without the person s foot on the gas.
If i understand you correctly that you push on the pedel and it sinks all the way to the floor then the cause is most likely a bad master cylinder.
It miss fires brake dragging entire car to a complete stop with accelerator pushed to the floor.
If this bearing goes bad it will allow the brake rotor it move back and fourth which pushes the caliper piston back into the caliper creating an air gap.
It comes and goes.
Air conditioner don t work.
While the last pt cruiser was produced in 2010 many of them are still on the road there is a lack of manufacturer support since the discontinuance of manufacturing.
The final reason for a brake pedal to go to the floor is failing axle bearing.
Chrysler pt cruiser repairs tips.
Replaced pcv valve hose.
Don t push like you are panic stopping but simply hold pressure like you are sitting at a red light.
Listen and locate the noise source.
Or the vacuum hose going to it has a leak.
If the petal slowly proceeds to the floor and recovers with a single release and reapply the booster is bad has a hole or seal bad.
Another person remove the dust cap and loose the brake caliper bleeding screw until the brake pedal goes to the floor.
Open the bleed valve about a half turn and have your partner depress the brake pedal.
With the engine running while stopped apply light to medium pressure to the brake petal.