bomb gone again?

[Avi Meron]

A bad bomb will not give a warning light, a bad servo will and low on hyd.
fluid will also do it!
A bad pump will have all kinds of symptoms but I don't recall the light
being one of them,
You all take care, now,
Avi

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Ameer Antar
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:02 PM
To: cjcasati at hotmail.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: bomb gone again?

I doubt it's the bomb if it was brand new, these guys usually last longer
than that. I'd check the brake servo and pump as others have said, but I'd
also check the damper hose from the front of the pump to the bomb. The hose
has two parts and the line in the middle needs to be in good shape to
create enough pressure for the bomb to store. The damper hose constricts
flow but increases pressure. So if the holes in it open or whatever, the
flow can increase, but the pressure goes down. I think it's worth checking
the whole hydraulic system that affects the brakes, which includes...pump,
damper hose, bomb, servo, reservoir, hoses from bomb to servo and servo to
reservoir for any problems. Good luck. Please let us know what happens. We
all learn a lot from that...

-ameer

At 06:40 AM 2/15/2001 , you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am still fighting my brakes: An occasional flashing of the brake light in
>the dash has turned into continuous flashing and the lovely three beeps. At
>the same time the brake pedal is stiff when car is first started but
returns
>to normal after a mile. Testing the bomb reveals that I get 3-5 pumps with
>the enginge off before the pedal stiffens. There is no leak and the bomb is
>4 months old. Blau tells me they've never had a defective bomb and it must
>be my pump (Normal assist though as far as I can tell).
>So the question is: is my bomb the culprit? Thank you as always!
>
>Christoph Casati/CASATIDESIGN.COM
>
>86 5000 CSTQ 164K
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