polyenne Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi teccies, here's one for ya. I;ve got a '94 Cabrio with a 2.6ABC engine (as if that makes a difference to my problem !). With engine running, when I'm driving and I brake fairly hard, the brake warning light in the dash flashes once or maybe twice. Also, when at rest, if I apply pressure to the pedal, you feel pressure but it depresses about half way before becoming solid and you can feel a pulsating sensation (as you would if braking hard and the ABS cuts in). When doing this the brake warning light comes on a couple of time. Braking efficiency is not affected. All pads are new and my grease monkey says that the diagnostics tell him a number of thiongs but are not specific. Anyone have any positive ideas or experienced the same situation before I go changing a lot of expensive stuff for nowt ? Cheers and be safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteA3TDI Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 have you got a brake servo or the older Brake Pressure Accumulator aka The 'Bomb' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyenne Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi Pete, I believe I have the accumulator. I remember being told the servo is in the rack ?? Does that sound right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteA3TDI Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 have a look at site it will tell you all about the brakes and how to test the bomb (the site is for S2's but have the same set up as you) http://s2central.net/main_frame.html click technical (at the top) then running gear , brakes and then info on the bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyenne Posted November 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Thanks Pete, very informative article. I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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