I have a '92 buick Regal, 3.1 six with Delco ABS VI brakes. I got the car a year ago. I just noticed the driver's rear does not have any brake pads on it. But the brakes were okay before the brake line to the rear passenger's side rusted through and I had to put in a new one.
During that procedure, I got bad advice and drained the brake master cylinder reservoir to 10% of it's capacity. As a result, I had air in the system. I gravity bled it, which helped some, but when I turned on the car the brake pedal travel was excessive.
I bled each of the brakes with a 5 dollar NAPA kit, the old pump-the- pedal way, and the situation is now as follows:
A) when I touch the pedal when the car is turned off, the brake pedal gets hard about 10% of the way down.
B) When I turn the car on, the brake pedal gets hard about 50% to 60% of the way down.
Is this acceptable?