2010 Prius - Brake whooshing sound after part 4705047140 (master cylinder) replacement

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    I just had my master cylinder replaced on my 2010 Prius with 166k miles (part 4705047140), and am hearing a whooshing sound when pressing the brake pedal. The sound does not continue after the pedal is pressed. No warning lights on the dash, and braking feels normal. Any ideas what this could be?

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    The part you replaced is the one on top or the one on the bottom? How did you bleed the system? This generation goes through a bleeding method where the stroke simulator (I think that's the name) has to be bled after the replacement.
     
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    OP's part number looks to be the higher up component on the firewall, not the down lower one with "pump" in the name, and looks like a pair of beer cans.

    FWIW, dealerships tend to replace both components, rather than gamble. The lower one is signifcantly "cheaper", around $600 USD IIRC.
     
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    The whooshing sound just means there's air. The ECU picks a target brake pressure, and applies fluid from the accumulator until that pressure is reached. When there's no air, the brake fluid (which isn't compressible) hits the target pressure very quickly, no whoosh. With bubbles, the valve has to stay open long enough to whoosh enough fluid into the passage to compress the bubbles up to the target pressure: whoosh.

    You might also notice a matching whoosh, or a bark/quack/honk sound, when you're releasing the brakes and the bubbles expand again, whooshing the fluid back to the reservoir, but what exact sounds you get or don't get can vary.

    Just repeat the complete after-actuator-replacement bleed procedure, selected with a scan tool.
     
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    Thanks for the replies all. The original mechanic that did the replacement bled the system (apparently not properly), so I took it to a Toyota specialist to diagnose and do a proper bleed. The specialist claimed the whooshing sound is gone, so I went to pick it up and I can still hear the same sound when braking. Really puzzling.
     
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    maybe it's just the brake peddle moving up and down sound?
     
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    When there's air in the system, you can get a definitely pronounced whooshing noise, not just the sound of the moving pedal. Like, you're gently braking from road speed, and you're holding the pedal down at the same position, not moving it, and at the moment you drop below 7 mph and the friction brakes take over, whooosh.
     
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    The whoosh only happens when I initially press the pedal. After the initial part of the press there are no more abnormal noises, including while the pedal is held down. I can usually hear a quieter whoosh when the brake pedal is released as well.