Hydraulic Pressure Accumulator, aka the "Bomb", Question

[Kneale Brownson]

First suspect would be the bomb.  You can test it by turning off the engine 
and counting the number of pumps until the pedal gets hard.  If it's 30 or 
more pumps, your bomb is like new.   If it's 10 or fewer, your bomb is 
dying.  If it's one or two, you virtually have no brake boosting (your 
brakes still work, but you are supplying all the power) should the engine 
stop turning before the car stops.


At 05:17 PM 07/25/2001 +0000, Christopher Ritchie wrote:

>What does it mean when the Autocheck gives a warning for low hydraulic 
>pressure shortly after the car is started, or if the car idles for a long 
>time?  I suspect the "bomb", even though it is only 3 years old.
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