A4 quattro brake problem..

[Julian Stafford]

-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Hansen <kris_j_hansen at yahoo.com>
To: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: 16 January 2002 19:58
Subject: RE: A4 quattro brake problem..


A European car
>specialist friend of mine seems to think it may be a bad hose. He said that
>he has not seen an ABS pump unit cause this type of problem (or any problem
>apparently) Do you suppose that the hose could have a blockage? Bear in
>mind, that the caliper will eventually relinquish it's grip if left to sit
>for a minute or two (when cold anyway).


No BTDT on the A4 but I once had the exact same symptoms you describe on a
Peugeot. I traced it to a rubber hose, corrosion had set in around a swaged
fitting and had expanded causing the rubber pipe to become crushed and
constricted.

HTH Julian.