# brake fluid leak please help **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 7, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560 "2007-03-07T12:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/1 "2007-03-07T12:16:00Z")
I am losing about 1 inch by 3 inches of the top of the brake fluid cylinder every 20 or so stops, I am taking the truck to florida friday and I need to have this addressed before then, my garage is in use and I have no way of working on I, can somebody please help me I would obviously pay you, this truck is not mine so a cheap fix to get me to and from florida would be adequate… thank you in advance \_william ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/2 "2007-03-07T12:16:54Z")
any idea where it is leaking from? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/3 "2007-03-07T12:20:11Z")
return it, and get another truck. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/4 "2007-03-07T12:21:09Z")
im sure don over at hybrid could fit u in… support the vendors ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/5 "2007-03-07T14:42:23Z")
Cheap fix + Brakes + Long trip through hilly terrain = :eek: Try to find the source of the fluid, it has to be going somewhere then the issue can be properly assessed. ---
**Author:** ![my240nissan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@my240nissan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/my240nissan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/6 "2007-03-07T14:50:03Z")
I can do it if you want ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/7 "2007-03-07T14:53:08Z")
[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:5,topic:25560"”] Cheap fix + Brakes + Long trip through hilly terrain = :eek: [/quote] +1 And aren’t you towing a trailer on this trip? Fix it right or you’re asking for trouble. Find the leak, cut out the bad section, flare the ends, install new section, done. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/8 "2007-03-07T16:15:47Z")
[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:5,topic:25560"”] Cheap fix + Brakes + Long trip through hilly terrain = :eek: Try to find the source of the fluid, it has to be going somewhere then the issue can be properly assessed. [/quote] X3 ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-leak-please-help/25560/9 "2007-03-07T17:04:51Z")
god damn, some issues just don’t deserve a cheap fix. do the right thing with it so that you’re lucky enough to get there and maybe even enough to get back.