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mogieminor
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Brakes

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Have changed master cylinder and bled system but note that when I depress brake pedal with the master cylinder filler cap removed a few drops of fluid shoot up out of the filler hole.
Should this happen?
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Monty-4
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Re: Brakes

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Yes that is completely normal.
68' 4-door Saloon, another 'Monty'.
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Re: Brakes

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Thanks Monty-4 I’m now reassured but do you have ant idea why it happens
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Re: Brakes

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See this website: https://what-when-how.com/automobile/hy ... utomobile/
The section about the Residual-pressure Master-cylinder (Lockheed), that's basically how your Minor system works.
So your little squirt is a function of the port arrangement being directly below the filler cap and a very small reservoir.
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