Brake Fluid Light Help

[scbmw017]

My brake fluid light is continually coming on and blinking. I recently replaced my front calipers and bled the brakes and put in ATE super blue. Now the light comes on so when I check the fluid level it's about an eighth of an inch lower than what I had left it at. So I fill it up a bit and go about driving the car. Then a little later the light comes on again I check the level and it's about an eighth of an inch lower than when I filled it last time.

I pulled off all of my calipers and everything is dry to include all the lines and the bleeder valve and the insides of the calipers.

Is this just a faulty sensor and it's being too sensitive? When I add fluid I don't add but just a drop to make it go back to where I thought it was originally and what I mean by that is I have fluid almost filled to the top.

Please help me figure this out

[jlevie]

If you are filling the reservoir to the mark, the sensor shouldn't trip if the level goes down by 1/8". So it would seem that you may have a bad sensor. But, the level should not be dropping at all. Since the lines and caliper are dry I'd say that the master cylinder is leaking into the brake booster. That means replacement of both the master and the booster as brake fluid will destroy the diaphragm in the booster pretty quickly.

[scbmw017]

So should I be driving the car under heavy braking conditions? Or is this something that can hold off until after my next track event?

[tonywonder]

check your clutch master cylinder and slave cylinder. brake fluid on the carpet drivers side would mean you have a leak from you master. if its under the car on the tranny then its your slave. my brake light also comes on but it has something to do with my clutch pedal. maybe you have the same situation. look into it though.