brake bomb needed

[Fred Munro]

It probably loses a bit, John. It's a good question - maybe a bomb that sits
in a box for 10 years would be just as dead as one on a car.

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sherrow [mailto:sherrow at westol.com]
Sent: August 9, 2004 9:20 PM
To: Fred Munro; Megan Bigelow; Robert Woerner; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: brake bomb needed


Does this mean an un "unused" bomb is losing pressure as it sits on the
FLAPS shelf?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
To: "Megan Bigelow" <cereus at verizon.net>; "Robert Woerner"
<rightonbob at webtv.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: brake bomb needed


> Robert;
>
> There's not much point buying a used bomb unless you know it's only a
couple
> years old. These units have a bladder inside with pressurized nitrogen on
> one side of the bladder. The other side of the bladder takes the oil. Over
> time the nitrogen diffuses through the bladder into the oil and the bomb
> loses it's ability to store pressure. An old bomb is usually a dead or
dying
> bomb. They typically last 7 - 10 years. If you are going to the trouble of
> putting it in, you might as well use one you know will last for a while.
> There was a lister recharging them at one time - I forget the details.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Megan Bigelow
> Sent: August 8, 2004 4:04 PM
> To: Robert Woerner; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: brake bomb needed
>
>
> robert-
>
> i would be wary of james bell, although he is only asking 10$ and you
> wouldn;t be out too much money if the bomb is bad. he sold me some rear
> 4kq tie rods on ebay a few years ago that were totally shot, not usable
> at all. one of the rods had way too much play, and the mounting post on
> the other one had sripped threads. when i returned them to him, he
> accused me of taking my old tie rods off of my car and shipping them to
> him, and wouldn't refund my money.
>
> megan
>
> On Aug 8, 2004, at 2:06 PM, Robert Woerner wrote:
>
> > '88 5000cs quattro turbo
> >
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