This has happened twice now,
I was driving the other day and had travelled about 25 miles in traffic, so it was stop start all the time. When I got towards the end of my journey I pressed the Brake pedal, only for it to go all the way to floor with no sign of stopping the car. If I pumped the brakes then I did get some stopping power but not much. I wasn’t looking forward to the drive home, when I got back in the car The brake were fine work no probs at all. Is it down to fluid Temp or duff Pads/discs? I wouldn’t expect for them to fade after only 20 odd miles on normal rush hour driving. Any advice ideas would be welcome :) [Edited by Krade - 10/17/2002 2:20:17 PM] |
That's not happened to me, but it sounds like something called pad knock-off - Scoobysport have a description of it on their website in the brakes section. Perhaps have a look and give them a call?
http://www.scoobysport.co.uk/brakes2.htm - right had side of page |
Cheers Mike dialing them now :)
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Could be pad knock-off, or boiled fluid. Either way, you must have been pressing on a bit.
Is your brake fluid old? If so, it might have absorbed moisture which will then boil much more readily. Flushing with some good 5.1 fluid never does any harm. Cheers. Richard. |
Id like to think it was pad knock-off, but I wasn't driving hard as it was all in traffic. They have done this before on the way back from Power Engineering, again not with hard driving. I guess its just as well I'm upgrading to Four Pots, braided Hoses, 294mm Groved,vented Discs & Padig Pads soon.
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not wanting to spoil your party but i suggest you get your car checked ASAP. your symptoms do not sound like problems with components but rather with the system itself either;
you have a fluid leak (unlikely as you'd have probably lost all brakes by now) or; you have a quantity of air in the system (possibly compounded by old fluid) this is more likely by what you've said. if you want more specific advice mail or phone me 0191-4103770 alyn - as performance |
I would put your problem down to the brake master cylinder as some times fluid can bipass the seals inside the cylinder,also just have a look inside undernieth the brake pedal to see if there is any fluid there.
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