Brake system warning light - hyd pump or bomb?
Kent McLean
kentmclean at mindspring.com
Tue Oct 25 14:07:59 EDT 2005
SJ wrote:
> Troubleshooting info:
> Hydraulic pump and bomb were replaced in 1999. Pump was
> a rebuilt, bomb was new. That was about 30k miles ago.
> After shutting off the engine, 3 presses on the brake
> pedal will deplete the bomb pressure - pedal gets hard.
3 press before the pedal gets hard -- that's the bomb.
The bomb is 30K miles and *6* years old. It's not new
anymore. And there is no telling how long the bomb sat
on the shelf before you got it.
--
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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