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Dear all, I am driving a Chevrolet Optra 1.6 (A), i this "spongy" feeling of the brakes... whereby i have to depress the brakes pedal alot before the pad will bite. This casue me difficult to control light braking and sometime even dangerous in some situation. (i had done bleeding and changing to aftermarket pads already.. the "spongy" feeling still comes back after a month of usage) As disscussion with my mechanic, conclusion is that the master brake booster cannot build up adequate pressure to allow effective braking feel on the brakes. Q: Other then changing the master brake booster, is there other ways to reduce this "spongy" feeling or to build up the master brake booster pressure? Comments? thank you

Hi guys, recently i'm feeling that the brakes are starting to get spongy... the funny thing is that when i just move off the car, the brakes are superb, but after say about 1km of driving or so, the spongy feeling comes back... stepping the brake pedal from 1/4 to 1/2 has very little effect but from 3/4 onwards all the braking power comes back and brings to almost immediate stop... in nutshell, i have to step harder than before to stop... my brake pads and rotor are brand new btw... changed at 40k KM (now 42K KM) i did a google and it seems it points to air pockets and i need to "bleed" the brake system? sounds like quite a waste as my brake fluid is only less than 2000km old and using liqimoly, its not cheap... or could it be a brake hose issue? changing to stainless steel will help?? but most imply, can someone share with me why does the brakes not feel spongy when i just got my engine started up and begin to move off and the spongy feel only sets in after some traveling? thanks

hi bros, lately brakes are getting incredibly spongy. in fact i jus did brake fluid change 4 mths back but it sort of worsen my braking. my car is a cs3 lancer coming 2 yrs old and 25,000km. is it air? is it brake pad due for changing? can any bros recommend a reliable workshop for checking? thanks for your attention.