So, who's had the master cylinder reservoir crack while

[John Larson]

Even if the reservoir drained completely, not just down to where the crack
was, it would still have pretty good brakes for some time, as the fluid
still in the master cylinder and the system would still provide braking for
some time.  John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Linkov" <jon at audiclubna.org>
To: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; "Audifans"
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: So, who's had the master cylinder reservoir crack while


> No, the reservoir cracked...with 123K+ on the clock, the plastic wore out.
I
> don't know the pressure that COULD force the crack to grow, but I've had
> other plastic fluid containers crack for no reason. And this thing had a
> stress crack already...so it could have failed while driving.
>
>
> On 6/21/04 3:54 PM, "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > John said, oddly:  "So, all in all, it sucked that it happened, but it
could
> > easily have
> > happened in an emergency situation and I'd have been screwed."
> >
> > It's difficult for me to picture a brake master cylinder failing under
> > pressure in an emergency situation, as the ONLY time it is under
pressure is
> > when you induce that pressure during an attempt to bleed the system.
> > Sitting in your garage, shop, or driveway is unlikely to become an
emergency
> > situation, IME ............................  John
> >
>
>
>