Master cylinder leak??? not sure...

[crowboy]

Hello, general question. My truck is new, only 998 miles (just got back from Iraq). I was shopping for block heater cords and after reading the posts on installation decided to see for myself. I crawled under the hood and found everything easier to get to from underneath. So crawled under and it was, but spotted a very small fluid trail flowing down hoses and frame but not enough to drip on the floor of the garage. I followed it up and to my horror it was coming from the space between the aluminun break cylinder (made by Bosch) and the black steel valve housing thing just to the rear of it (not sure what it is but has pressure fittings all over it). I reached underneath the master cylinder and my fingers came back well saturated with break fluid. Is this normal? Any suggestions. I was planning on taking some well deserved leave to see family 750 miles away but not sure if its safe. Thanks in advance

 

[Pawpaw]

I would take it to the dealer if at all possible. It might just be a loose fitting that you can tighten yourself, but you would always wonder.



There's no way anone on here can tell you if it's safe or not. That's your call.



Bob

 

[crowboy]

update...

The dealership in FL said that the part wasn't in stock and would take some time to get in considering that we were planning on taking the truck up to OH for our holiday trip. Closely monitored the fluid level the entire way up, no change but break fluid still seeps out of the mastercylinder/power boster. Waiting for a dealership to open after christmas to go get it serviced. Thanks for you post...