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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