Originally Posted by
Painless
I used a vacuum line for many months without incident, then ended up with water in my brake master cylinder and hardly being able to stop my truck at 5mph. The vacuum line I used was NOT the brake vacuum.
In my opinion, vacuum isn't worth the safety risk. I was lucky that my problem occurred before I pulled out of my driveway onto the road, you might not be so lucky.
Russ.
(i only post this to help people avoid hooking up to vacuum)
this may have occurred becasue the brake booster is actually a vacuum reservoir. When the engine is not running, there's still some vacuum present because the booster 'stores' some vacuum. It does this to assist in stopping your vehicle in the event the engine stalls. when your engine is shut off, the booster is still 'providing some suction' and could siphon off some of your bubbler fluid. As Painless found out, it's not a very healthy outcome.
EDIT: I should add that there are some that use this method (anyways) and have had no incident, you may do so at your own risk. IMO the small bit of 'perceived' gain isn't worth the risk.
I hope this helps
mike
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