99 ford taurus brakes

[11-87]

I'm not a mechanic by far, so here's what happened, and maybe somebody can give me a little insight to what mit have happened, and how much to fix.

the 99 taures has about 140,000 miles on it. never had a major mechanical prob;em. well tonight driving home from st' paul to rochester, I lost the brakes. a couple weeks ago, the brake lights went on. when I got home, I checked the fluid, and added some brake fluid. well tonight, stopped at the light in Cannon Falls and lost all brakes.

any Ideas? a master or a seal, or what... any ideas how much to fix??

[delcecchi]

Could be a master cylinder. It it were me, I would take it to someone to get fixed. I can give a couple of recommendations for guys if you don't have someone.

[Scott K]

Is it still full? Or is the fluid down again? If it is still full, it more then likely is a master cylinder. Does it have ABS brakes?

[pike79]

I have a 96 taurus had the same issue about a year ago. It was a leak in the brake line.I put the car on some dry pavement filled the master cylinder and pressed the brakes. This showed me where the leak was.Good luck!

[Jeremy airjer W]

If the fluid was low than you just need to do a good old fashion brake inspection. Pull al

L the wheels, pull the drums, and visually check for leaks.

My guess is that a wheel cylinder has been leaking for sometime and either it has failed or one of the rear brake lines finally rusted through.

[11-87]

put fluid in, pump the brakes, and fluid goes down.. has to be a leak somewhere...

any rough rough ideas of what a brake job runs??

[Jeremy airjer W]

Depends on what the problem is. You need to figure out what's wrong before you can figure out what it's going to cost to fix. Fixing a leak is not part of a standard brake job.

[delcecchi]

And the brakes might be fine, if the other problem was fixed.

[pike79]

put fluid in, pump the brakes, and fluid goes down.. has to be a leak somewhere...

any rough rough ideas of what a brake job runs??

11-87 I had the left side brake line replaced last year and that costed me $150 if I remember correctly. I think a lot of it was labor and was thinking that if it happens on the other side it might have to learn how to do it myself.Save some green.