Re: Brakes

Posted by Randy Berger On 2007/11/12 10:07:49

Every once in a while someone comes up with the "sucked into the engine" quote. I don't see how that can happen unless you have over a quart of brake fluid in the lower end of the canister. Look at where the suction is and look at where the fluid is. A simple test will illustrate my point. Fill an eight oz. glass half full of water. Then stick a straw down in the glass one quarter of the way. This will leave an air gap of about an inch and a quarter. Holding the straw steady so it won't slip into the water or touch it at all, suck up the water in the bottom half of the glass. You can't do it? Get someone with leather lungs or a good vacuum pump. They can't do it either? Unless the straw is immersed in the water it isn't going to be able to suck it up no matter how much your cheeks are caved in! Some Caddy units are different in that they suck from the bottom of the canister and quite naturally get any amount of fluid in the canister. The Packard TV pulls the vacuum from a much higher position.