danas

I have 1995 Legacy L FWD with close to 200k miles. I get ~26mpg. Most of the driving is on highway, but I have pretty heavy foot too.

Hi, It's really embarasing to admit.. problem was in brake pads. I didn't took them off to inspect. Just looked over the hole and they seemed to be thick enough. But acctualy the ones sitting next to the cylinder were stuck and not moving at all. The other side pads were worn out and only ones moving.. so thats why I had to press brake pedal so deep... stupid me..

does anyone know about how much transmission fluid it takes to get transmission back to full if you just drain with out replacing filter? '95 Legacy L 2.2 , Auto , Front wheel drive.

My wife drives this car, but she never told me about this until I took this car for a ride. I changed brake fluid and brake pads about a year ago and I'm sure it was fine after that. Once in the while I check everything, but this problem starter recently. First what I did, I changed and bled the system. After that changed master cylinder and bled system again. Nothing changed.. Have to look at the pedal mechanism itself too, because this free play is really so big. Doesn't feel any braking untill pedal reaches the floor (maybe 1 inch to the floor) and this car has no ABS..

Thanks a lot for recomendations how to check power booster. Booster is really working. I even reconected vacuum hose, and diference is tremendous, pedal became very very hard. Gonna try to remove and inspect supports, rubber lines.. have no idea, what else could be wrong Thanks once more

I cant figure out what is wrong with brakes. Brake pedal has to travel all the way to the floor until it starts to brake. Then the engine is off you can pump the brakes , but it still feels spongy. then depresing the pedal, in the middle of pedal travel feels small resistance, but it clicks and goes deeper. Did bleeding - didn't helped. Had a dealer inspect it - he said it's master cylinder. I instaled a new Master Cylinder myself, bled the system - same thing, nothing changed at all.. Now I'm quesing it's brake booster. But it's pretty expensive, I don't want to throw any more money replacing good parts. When I was changing master cylinder, noticed one thing - then I touched the pin coming from power brake booster I heard the air coming out. (That pin supose to push the master cylinder). Could it be, that it's leaking vacuum thru here ? Inspected vacuum hoses for leaking , but didn't noticed anything. Could any one explain how to check brake booster if it works properly? Could something else be wrong ? Thanks, 1995 Subaru Legacy L, 2wd, 2.2 , automatic. front disk, rear drums.