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Offline R/TSE

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Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« on: July 01, 2009 - 11:04:01 PM »
Hello everyone, i'm having a bit of an issue with my proportioning valve block. For some reason the bottom nut/plug with the spring in it is leaking. It gets much worse when you step on the brake pedal. Keep in mind Everything is brand new; lines, valves, master cylinder, brake booster. I have read everything i have to try and figure this out. Any help would be much appreciated.




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Re: Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2009 - 01:44:38 AM »
any warranty where you bought it from ?

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Re: Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009 - 02:23:40 AM »
Hello everyone, i'm having a bit of an issue with my proportioning valve block. For some reason the bottom nut/plug with the spring in it is leaking. It gets much worse when you step on the brake pedal. Keep in mind Everything is brand new; lines, valves, master cylinder, brake booster. I have read everything i have to try and figure this out. Any help would be much appreciated.

I guess you have already tried tightening the nut more with no luck.  So, is it possible to put some teflon tape on the threads of the nut/plug?
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Re: Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2009 - 03:50:52 PM »
I was thinking it was faulty. Ill try the tape first. I assumed the fluid would eat up the tape????

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Re: Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2009 - 01:06:51 AM »
Just last week I put on a new vacuum brake booster and new master cylinder.  All went well until I couldn't get the front brake line going into the master cylinder to stop leaking.  The fitting was tight but the line was loose, you could wiggle the brake line.  I had to really tighten down that bad boy to get it to stop leaking.  The line was not that tightened down when I removed the old master cylinder.

Long story short, I got it to stop leaking by cranking on the fitting more than I felt comfortable with, but it worked. 
-Larry
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Re: Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2009 - 01:32:03 AM »
I had the same trouble with the exact same things just last week and as Hood said I had to tighten them so much they (the valve and master) felt like they were gonna break.

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Re: Leaking Prop. valve, need help.
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2009 - 05:28:18 PM »
Then its time to get CRANKIN! Thanks guys!