flashing brake light

[Mark R]

I'll comment......
Fix the leak!  You should not have to add brake fluid, let alone
repeatedly.  OK- As things wear, a little fluid might be added in between
pad and rotor changes, but that's a 1 time add, if any.

The damp conditions could be brake pad wear sensor wires loosing continuity
or another wiring issue.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:

> Patient: 1986 Turbo Quattro type 44, 300,000 km
>
> My red triangle warning light was blinking and sounding, I added DOT 4
> brake
> fluid, the problem seemed to have been solved. When it is wet outside the
> blinking comes on again, but less often after brake fluid added. The sensor
> cables to the brake pad wear sensors have been cut.
>
> Comment.
>
>
> Max
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Andrew Duane
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 09:48
> To: cobram at juno.com; suffolkd at aol.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: flashing brake light
>
> When my brake light started flashing, it was almost always due to a
> slightly low fluid level in the reservoir. Cornering or sloshing would
> make the light flicker.
>
> quattro-bounces at audifans.com wrote:
> > Not in my experience, because even a bad bomb will hold
> > pressure when the
> > car is running.  A bad bomb won't compensate for pressure needed for
> > heavy assist or engine off operation.  During normal driving
> > you wouldn't
> > even notice it, since pump pressure is so high it will
> > maintain without
> > the nitrogen assist.  If your pumps marginal, have a clogged line or a
> > bad leak, you'd hear the whine of the pump and notice the
> > lack of assist
> > way before any idiot lights start flashing.
> >
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > "God's a kid with an ant farm. He's not planning anything."
> >
> > suffolkd at aol.com writes:
> > > Flashing brake light (sporadic) on an older brake "bomb" assist type
> > > of car mean his pressure accumulator is starting to fail?
> > > Ur S4/6 have these as well as the 200 20V?
> > >
> > > -Scott by BOSTON
> >
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