Brake system problem, dont even know what im looking at!!

[Mike's_Taffeta]

This is what you need to do:
Wipe down any fluid from the leak. All of it.
Next, have a buddy watch your master cylinder as you press the BRAKE pedal, which will cause the leak to happen again. As your doing this keep an eye on your fluid level to ensure it doesn't drop below the minimum.
Once you have located the leak, let us know and we can better advise you on what to do to fix it.

If you're saying that the fluid is coming from the pedal are and by the firewall its more then likely you master cylinder. If its coming from the wheel area it probably a caliper issue, being the bleeder valve on the caliper, or the piston is leaking the fluid.

And if someone corrects you on spelling, perhaps you should make sure you don't make the same error.

 

[finch13]

Brake fluid is water soluble... just hose down the driver side of the engine bay. Let it dry, don't push the brake pedal.

Post BETTER pictures that are farther away... I can barely ****ing tell what I'm looking at besides wet metal.

Leaking master cylinders will leak onto the brake booster out of their ***.

 

[boorishid]

ok its not the master cylinder or caliper, its not leaking at the pedal. if you look into yout engine bay under the master cylinder/booster set up. You will see the firewall angles out and theres a part on the end of the angled piece of firewall which has 4 hard lines two shooting to the left two shooting to the right, the ones on the right are covered in crap.. i just dont know what the part is and its so tucked in there its hard to get a decent picture.. Im just trying to find out what that part is. Could not even be breaks...

Drove 150 miles today after putting some fluid in didnt go low. Had a buddy watch the greasey part while i pumped break didnt see anything.

Like i said ill have to clean it all up and when i get my IM out soon ill take a way better picture.

im going to keep on this! just trying describe where the part is, that is leaking so someone may know the name of it. its very hard to get to on the lower firewall right behing the pedals, for instance if i had a stick it the clutch master cylinder would be next to it. The break master cylinder is the thing attached to the booster and resivor i thought.. so i know its not that part..

 

[Mike's_Taffeta]

Sounds like the proportioning valve. So you're saying its not leaking anymore? Before it started leaking was there anything that you did to your car either performance wise, or maintenance wise that could potenitally caused this problem?

Also, are you absolutely sure its brake fluid that had leaked? Are you auto or manual trans?

And seriously its BRAKE not BREAK, unless your breaking something or something broke.

 

[boorishid]

umm no i didnt do anything to my car performance or maintence wise that i know of that could have messed it up. Im not sure if its leaking now(would assume so i havent fixed anything) Im also not sure if it is brake fluid, i know its not oil coolant or tranny fluid. And i know theres grease all over the fittings for the two hard pipes on the right side and there is fluid everywhere around it on the rack and pinion pieces of the frame and underside of the chasis.

 

[Mike's_Taffeta]

Don't you live in the same county as me? Where do you live maybe we can meet up and I can take a look.

 

[boorishid]

o wow lol ya we do i live in yucca valley hmm

 

[finch13]

So how about those better pictures?

 

[boorishid]

There finally managed to get one!! those hardlines with are what i belive is leaking that part has two more hard lines on the right side that are super clean... everything under the car that was wet was a clear fluid. just did my best to start deagreasing it all gonna take a while longer, its in a tight space.

BTW if you looked from under the car those lines are almost right above a boot on the axel

 

[finch13]

Looks like a power steering leak at the pinion... doesn't look like brakes to me. Check your power steering fluid level.