# 80 celica, 260,000 mi, brakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 22, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/80-celica-260-000-mi-brakes/5001 "2007-09-22T17:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drorul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@drorul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drorul)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/80-celica-260-000-mi-brakes/5001/1 "2007-09-22T17:35:59Z")
Have to pump up brakes when I first start up, pedal goes almost to floor w/o much stopping power very soft pedal. Improves with a little pumping. Am not losing fluid. Air in lines?(seems like if air could get in, fluid could get out). Internal leak around piston but not at seals? Any info or suggestions appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/80-celica-260-000-mi-brakes/5001/2 "2007-09-22T17:38:22Z")
Bleed the brake lines, and check the condition of the pads. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/80-celica-260-000-mi-brakes/5001/3 "2007-09-22T22:56:14Z")
Yea, it sounds like a master or slave cylinder to me. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/80-celica-260-000-mi-brakes/5001/4 "2007-09-22T23:55:50Z")
Bad master cylinder and yes, it can leak internally.