Brake questions (kinda long)

[Simon Allcorn]

has the car got ABS ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mihnea Cotet [SMTP:mihnea_cotet at hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, June 16, 2001 6:24 PM
> To:	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Brake questions (kinda long)
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> I replaced today a rear brake line and hose... as I suspected that the end
> 
> of the line that screws into the hose would be kinda messed up, I bought a
> 
> complete line and replaced it from the T-fitting at the rear of the car, 
> ahead of the fuel pump (the car is an 85 Coupe Quattro, kinda similar to
> the 
> 4kq. That job was kinda easy and a lot easier than trying to replace the 
> hose alone (the threads of both the line and the hose were almost 
> inexistent!!!I suppose these parts were as old as the car is!). Afterwards
> I 
> went on and bled the whole system and the clutch. Nice to have almost 
> transparent brake fluid instead of that old and greasy fluid! The problem
> is 
> that even after bleeding thoroughly the brake MC, proportioning valve and 
> each caliper, my brakes are a bit weak at first (the car stops and the
> pedal 
> doesn't go to the floor), and after shortly pumping once on the pedal,
> they 
> are great, a lot stiffer when pressing the pedal than before
> pumping...I've 
> checked that no more air comes from each bleeding screw before closing it,
> 
> so this shouldn't be the issue... What can this be? Bad MC? I hope not...
> Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated, as I can't get to figure
> 
> out what's going on.
> TIA to all who will answer!!
> Cheers,
> 
> Mihnea
> 
> '85 Coupe quattro (still stock but waiting for a 2.5l low-pressure turbo 
> upgrade, konis and a complete stainless steel ehxaust system)
> 
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