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posted by Johnny G 90-240DL on Tue Mar 14 02:35 CST 2017
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Art, Thanks for all of the sage advice... The 1990 244 in this post sat for a good 2 months after much effort was expended trying to find the cause of the "soft" brake pedal. It included multiple attempts to bleed the system as well as other suggestions you and others gave me.

After sitting for 2 months while I drove the 1993 245 I picked up, one day I decided to dig in and recommit to fixing the brakes on the 244 so I could sell it. Low and behold!!!! The brake pedal had become firm under normal foot pressure and functioned perfectly when I test drove the 244.

A month later after some detailing I sold the 244 for $900 to a BMW mechanic.

I have noticed that many of these posts have no closure and DIYers looking for answers are often left wondering "what happened..." In this case I think that some bubbles in the brake lines must have floated up and out of the brake lines over the 2 months that the car sat.

Art THANK YOU and the rest of you guys who share and contribute to these pages!

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    - Hard brake pedal should SINK 'slightly' with engine on, per Bentley page 520-5 (NMI) [200]
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