[s-cars] urS6 brake problem

[Steve Marinello]

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Okay...

The saga continues....So I'm driving this "new" '95 S6 sedan I picked up in=
 California back to New Orleans.  I check in tonight in Houston, as I've go=
t a business meeting in the morning.  I decide to go out to dinner and fire=
 it up.

Two things:

First, there's a puddle of coolant underneath...not big, but it's there.  T=
here was a very small drip this morning in El Paso...a few tablespoons. The=
 source seemed to be at the back of the engine.  The system was slightly ov=
erfilled by the PO and was still at max in El Paso and just above max when =
 I stopped on the road to check in San Antonio.  It is now slightly below m=
ax.  Any ideas re. the source??  Heater valve?

Second, the bigger one.  When I started to back up, there was a NOT wonderf=
ul graunching grind up at the RF wheel.  At first I thought it was some of =
the damaged bumper cap (long story) snaggin on the wheel, but it appears to=
 be the brakes.  If I brake at all, hard in particular, the RF grinds and c=
ontinues to do so for a while after the brakes are released, sometimes long=
er than other times.  The PO had 2Bennett replace the G60's with new ones a=
nd it has cross drilled Brembo's with Mintex Red's.  Can't see anything thr=
ough the wheel, so I'll pull it in the morning and check.  Other than somet=
hing jammed in somewhere, any ideas?  The pedal travel, which was too long =
anyway, courtesy of an overzealous rotor turning (rear!) and a flush and fi=
ll without getting all the air out, actually seems longer than before and c=
ertainly feels, sometimes, like there is something jammed somewhere.  I won=
der if something is caught in one of the rotor holes?

Anyway, before I get into it in the morning (here's hoping my meeting doesn=
't turn out to br at 8:30 a.m.), please send any ideas for what I should lo=
ok for in both cases.  Anyone got the p/n available for a heater valve?  Do=
esn't AutoZone carry a replacement?

Thanks guys,

Steve
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