[s-cars] brake failure

[Gabriel Caldwell]

Igor and Edward, it sounds like the pump is actually coming apart.  The good news is you can rebuild it yourself fairly cheaply.  Look at the timing belt procedure from UrS4.com for pump removal instructions, and use the instrucstions from Chris Miller's site to rebuild the pump.
 
Gabriel Caldwell

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Igor Kessel [mailto:KBATPO at comcast.net] 
	Sent: Tue 07/09/2004 3:59 PM 
	To: Edward Estabrook 
	Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com 
	Subject: Re: [s-cars] brake failure
	
	

	Edward Estabrook wrote:
	
	> Hey,
	> A friend was driving my S6 this afternoon and the brake light came on.  He
	> kept driving (??) and pretty soon the brake pedal got real hard to press and
	> the e-brake was required to stop.  Sure enough, out of pentosin.  A liter
	> later the reservoir was full and eventually the brake pedal became usable
	> again... just long enough to get it home.
	>
	> Upon inspection it looks like there is the power stearing pump with hydrolic
	> hoses attached and an X shaped plug in the top.  As the stearing wheel is
	> moved left to right I can see a bit of shifting in the two metal pieces
	> directly behind this X cap (that make up the pump).  And every time it moves
	> it looks like fluid comes out (and there's fluid all over the engine under
	> this).  Is this just a matter of changing some gaskets, or is a whole new
	> pump in order?  At a initial price estimate of $400 I *sure* hope there is
	> another way.  Any advice appreciated!!!
	>
	> Thanks,
	
	Ed,
	if the fluid comes out of the X-plug then it is very typical for our cars. It can
	be fixed by replacing the X-plug with the O-ring. Audi has a repair kit for that
	very purpose. Last time I paid for it ca. $3.20.
	
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