brake pedal to floor after bleeding

[wieldymouse]

I recently changed the pads on the front of an SL2. When I went to test
drive it, the pedal ad little pressure, but the car would stop. I thought
maybe I needed to bleed it. After doing that, the pedal has absolutely no
pressure and the brakes don't work at all. Can someone help me out here?

 

[Lane]

If you didn't disconnect any brake lines, then this behavior is odd. Did
you make sure the fluid is at the proper level in the resorvoir? Pump the
pedal a lot (like 50 times) and see if it helps. I've had situations where
that much was required. Or, give these links a read to see if you followed
the recommended Saturn bleeding procedure:

http://www.spswebpage.com/tech/index.php?articleID=bleeding_brakes
http://www.spswebpage.com/tech/index.php?articleID=bleeding_ABS_tech

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]

 

[punxyguy]

I have a couple questions.1. did you make sure the brake fluid cap was on
while doing it if not that will pump air in the lines 2. Did you bleed
all the brakes when you did it. 3. when bleeding it did you keep the
fluid
full cause if you let the resivior go dry you defeated the purpose. when
bleedind you have to have the bleeders closed have someone pump up the
brakes then have them push down as to be pushing to the floor the crack
open the bleeder a little bit let it spray some out but close it before
it
stops pushing fluid then repeat till you get a stedy stream then check
your
resivior make sure its full and then repeat on the other three.I hope
this
will help you out Good Luck

 

[NapalmHeart]

I recently changed the pads on the front of an SL2. When I went to test
drive it, the pedal ad little pressure, but the car would stop. I thought
maybe I needed to bleed it. After doing that, the pedal has absolutely no
pressure and the brakes don't work at all. Can someone help me out here?

Unlikely possibility, but you may have wrecked the seal inside the master
cylinder. It would depend on whether or not a ridge has worn inside the
master cylinder bore. If there's a ridge, you may have pushed the piston
seal past the ridge and damaged the seal.

Ken