2003 GMC Sonoma Brake booster

Tiny
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I have a 2003 GMC Sonoma. 4.3. I have good brakes, but when I shut the engine down over night, I loose the brake pedal. It goes about half way down. When I start it up, it can take a little while for the brake pedal to come back up. There's no fluid lose, so I presume I have a vacumm leak somewhere. I did do a vacumm test, and with the engine at normal temperature my guage reads 21 in Hg. If I rev the engine to 2500 rpms. The reading is 25 in Hg. And when I quickly release the pedal it drops back down to 21 in Hg. When I shut the engine off, it quickly drops to 2 in Hg and stays there. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Sunday, July 28th, 2013 AT 12:07 PM

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Tiny
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Suspect primary piston cup bleeds offf and allows fluid to enter brake mater resivor via compensation port. So in AM no fuid in primary piston so half brakes after a few applies fills and have brakes. Try this hold foot on pedal for couple mins see if pedal drops
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Sunday, July 28th, 2013 AT 12:32 PM
Tiny
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Ok, thanks for the quick reply.
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Sunday, July 28th, 2013 AT 12:36 PM
Tiny
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So was it master cylinder?
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Sunday, August 4th, 2013 AT 1:21 PM

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