Disco 1 loosing brake fluid?

Evening all,

I have a slight problem with my 1990 Disco v8, it keeps loosing brake fluid. It isn't a big leak, because after I've filled up the reservoir it takes weeks for the warning light to come on. I can't see any leaks anywhere. Any ideas?

nice to know it only takes a couple of weeks for the warning light to come on
wot appins wen yer goin down a road an it decides to dissapear alltogether
if yer cant diy get it looked at

That's what I'm doing, doing it myself. I just thought I'd ask first if there's some common place where a leak might occur.
It takes longer than a couple of weeks to empty, sorry if I was a bit unclear.
Some time ago the light came on and then I filled it up. This was weeks, maybe even months ago. At the time I thought it was nothing, because it had been years since I last even looked at the reservoir. But then today the light came back on so there must be a problem.

Fever said:

At the time I thought it was nothing, because it had been years since I last even looked at the reservoir.

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That's damn right scary considering your braking system are probably the most important parts to be checked regularly

Guilty as charged! But, before I hardly used the Disco - it used to sit on my drive for months at a time. Hence the little maintenance on my part. These days I use it a lot more and so I've been spending a lot of time (and money!) fixing it up!

Fever said:

Guilty as charged! But, before I hardly used the Disco - it used to sit on my drive for months at a time. Hence the little maintenance on my part. These days I use it a lot more and so I've been spending a lot of time (and money!) fixing it up!

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well if ya been spending a lot more time and money on it , why didnt you fink to look at the stopping gear first , personally i would of thought that was the first important fing to get sorted , but after saying that help us to help you , what or where have you looked to identify the leak

try the slave cylinder it leaks into the bell-housing so doesn't get noticed

GRATCH said:

try the slave cylinder it leaks into the bell-housing so doesn't get noticed

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hows that work then?

oops bugger, misread:doh:

:doh: ffs drippy - thats injun braking - int it?

am sayin nowt
but i as sent him detailed destructions ta finland

Probably leaking into brake servo, when it's half full it will be running down your brake pedal.

regards

Dave