99 RX 300 flex exhaust leak hard brakes
12-15-18, 09:39 PM
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99 RX 300 flex exhaust leak hard brakes
An exhaust leak has started on the flex pipe. Can this make the brakes hard to press? My brakes are harder to push than usual and I changed the brakes 2 months ago. This was a sudden change. I see the brake booster needs vaccuum to work, would the exhaust leak cause the hard brakes?
12-16-18, 08:05 AM
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Nope. Brake booster is operated by negative pressure from the engine. Actually, as a byproduct, it tells you how well is compression in your engine, as leaky rings will cause poor compression = poor suction from the engine.
There is a donut shaped seal where exhaust manifold mates with exhaust pipe. THAT I know leaks eventually and can be replaced to a tune of few bucks and rather arm scraping shoulder twisting equilibristics to get it out. Takes about an hour. As I doubt it's actual pipe that leaks. Unless you seriously hit it with something.
There is a donut shaped seal where exhaust manifold mates with exhaust pipe. THAT I know leaks eventually and can be replaced to a tune of few bucks and rather arm scraping shoulder twisting equilibristics to get it out. Takes about an hour. As I doubt it's actual pipe that leaks. Unless you seriously hit it with something.
12-16-18, 09:59 AM
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I learned recently that oil control valve malfunction can cause hard braking
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