Mitsubishi Eclipse Workshop Manual page 446

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SERVICE BRAKES
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Service Adjustment
Procedures
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No good
When engine
is
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When
engine is
stopped
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BRAKE FLUID LEVEL SENSOR
CHECK
Connect
a
circuit tester to the
brake
fluid
level
sensor.
Move
the
float from top
to
bottom and check
for
continuity.
The brake fluid level sensor is in good condition if there
is
no continuity when the float
surface is above "A", and if
there is continuity when the float
surface
is below
"A".
BRAKE BOOSTER OPERAnNG INSPECTION** .
For
simple checking
of
brake booster operation, carry out the
following tests.
(1)
Run
the
engine
for
one or
two
minutes. and then stop
it.
(2)
Step
on the brake pedal several times
with
normal
pressure.
lf
the pedal depressed fully
the first time but
gradually
becomes higher when depressed succeeding times, the
booster
is
operating
ProPerlY.
lf
the pedal height remains unchanged,
the
booster
is
faulty.
(3) Witn the engine stopped, step on the
brake pedal several
times with the same
pressure to
make sure that
the
pedal
height
will
not
change.
Then step on the
brake pedal and start the
engine.
lf
the
pedal moves downward slightly, the
booster
is
in
good condition. lf there is no change, the booster
is faulty.
(4) \Mth the engine
running, step on
the brake pedal and then
stop
the
engine.
Hold
the
pedal depressed
for 30
seconds.
lf
the
pedal
height does not change,
the booster is in good condition.
lf
the pedal rises,
the
booster
is
faulty.
lf the above three tests are okay, the booster performance
can
be determined as good.
lf
one
of the above three tests is not
okay
at last, the check
valve, vacuum hose,
or
booster
will
be
faulty.
CHECK
VALVE
OPERATION
CHECK
Ert,
When checking the check valve, keep the check valve fit
in
the
vacuum
hose.
1.
Remove
the
vacuum
hose.
Caution
The check valve is press-fit inside the vacuum hoss
do not remoye the
check valve
from the vacuum
(1)
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Check valve
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Mitsubishi
Motors Corporation
Apr. 1991
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