What could be wrong is your brake fluid is low in the Brake fluid container, could be a knot (kink) in the pipes or it needs to be bled in.
step on the brake
air coming out of the brake lines... that is if its a truck. if you aply the parking brake.
You have to bleed the brake lines because if there is any air in the lines the brakes will fail. If there is any air in the brake line, when you step on the peddle the air will compress and not transfer the energy to the brake caliper or drum and not stop the car.
You may have a vacuum leak at the brake booster. Have the brake booster inspected.
Is there a flame in the furnace. Precisely where is this air coming from and how strong is it?
No you do not need to run the engine. To make the job easier if you can get another person to help you pump the brake and hold it down while you release the bleeding screw to let out the air at the brake caliper. Make sure that you have something to catch the driping brake fluid. Repeat this step a couple of time or unit there is no air coming out. You should just see a stream of brake fluid coming out without any gap in between. Do this to all the caliper of wheel cylinder that you had just replace the brakes.
brake booster could be bad the seal around the rod that hooks to the brake pedal is leaking
The air in an air brake system is the "fluid" to activate the brake, much like brake fluid activates the brakes in your car. One difference is that you are not pushing air down the lines when you step on the brake pedal, instead you are releasing a metered amount of air, or "application pressure" from the reservoir, through the treadle valve (brake pedal/valve) to the brake chambers, to apply the brakes. Air also releases the parking brake, as the parking brake is always in the on mode, until you push a valve on the dashboard, sending compressed air to the parking brake chambers, releasing them. The parking brakes are spring powered, and the air over rides these springs.
your blower motor is stuck on low
Most likely, this sound is coming from a vacuum leak in your brake servo, or brake booster. Which are usually located on the firewall, the wall that divides your engine compartment and cab.
cheack your break booster.
-choke the wheels, release the parking brakes. when you have enough air pressure to do it, and shut the engine off. -step on/off the brake pedal to reduce to airtank pressure -the parking knob should pop out when the air pressure falls to the manufacturers specification (usually 20-40 psi) THIS CAUSES THE SPRING BRAKES TO COM ON. To check for emergency operation of spring brake on straight truck: Release park brake. Build air pressure to 100 psi. & shut engine off. Drain primary air tank & step on brake foot pedal. You should hear air exhaust from brake chambers & rear brakes should apply. This will give you controlled spring brake application if you loose primary air pressure.