Cottontail
Three-De Off-Road
- Location
- Nashville, TN
First the specs:
1985 XJ with the 2.8 V6
Manual transmission
About 131,XXX miles on it...all original under the hood except clutch master and carburator
New Brakes about 2 months ago
Now the situation:
I am getting a whooshing noise coming out of the brake pedal. More specifically, there is a plastic diaphram that covers what appears to be a pushrod that leads through the firewall and into the brake booster.
The whooshing noise goes away when the brake pedal is depressed, but when I am not on the brakes it makes that noise...similar to the sound of leaking air.
When I turn off the Jeep, it lasts for about 5 seconds then silences.
That makes me think that it is a vacuum problem, but the vacuum lines that I see running to the brake booster are all fine.
Could my brake booster be failing? If so, it is an easy/cheap replacement? Is there any options for replacing...I seem to recall people swapping in ZJ boosters.
Any help or direction would be appreciated.
1985 XJ with the 2.8 V6
Manual transmission
About 131,XXX miles on it...all original under the hood except clutch master and carburator
New Brakes about 2 months ago
Now the situation:
I am getting a whooshing noise coming out of the brake pedal. More specifically, there is a plastic diaphram that covers what appears to be a pushrod that leads through the firewall and into the brake booster.
The whooshing noise goes away when the brake pedal is depressed, but when I am not on the brakes it makes that noise...similar to the sound of leaking air.
When I turn off the Jeep, it lasts for about 5 seconds then silences.
That makes me think that it is a vacuum problem, but the vacuum lines that I see running to the brake booster are all fine.
Could my brake booster be failing? If so, it is an easy/cheap replacement? Is there any options for replacing...I seem to recall people swapping in ZJ boosters.
Any help or direction would be appreciated.