[s-cars] Help with Brake Problem

[Douglas Fifield]

Ah, forgot that part.  Checked the fluids first thing and both the
brake and hydraulic reservoirs were right at the top.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:27 AM, chris chambers
<fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> That sounds like a hydraulic failure.
>
> Check your brake fluid, it's probably low due to a line failure.
>
> I recommend you check the rubbere brake lines at each caliper, I recently
> had one fail at highway speeds (traffic slowed to a crawl suddenly and I didn't, swerving into the median isn't fun). I'd bet that one of these lines has ruptured, and recommend you replace all 4.
>
> If those are all good check the steel brake lines for a rupture.
>
> If you don't find any bad line than I'd guess its the Master cylinder.
>
> HTH
> Chris
>
>
> --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars] Help with Brake Problem
>> To: "//Scar //Scar list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>> Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 1:06 AM
>> Heds,
>>
>> Coming back from dinner tonight, son was driving and
>> stopped at a
>> light.  In an attempt to adjust his jeans, he pushes
>> himself up using
>> the brake pedal for leverage.  There was a sound and then
>> he said,
>> "That's weird."
>>
>> The pedal had pushed to the floor.  We continued for
>> another mile and
>> he was getting little response from the pedal.  After we
>> dropped a
>> guest off, I took over the wheel.  The pedal was very soft,
>> a little
>> brake activity at the start of the push, then nothing until
>> it got to
>> the bottom of the stroke, then some more brake activity.
>>
>> The brake light was on the entire way home.  The further we
>> went the
>> less brake activity until the pedal was all the way to the
>> bottom.
>> Got home safe due to a lot of downshifting and stop light
>> avoidance.
>>
>> Theories on what may have given out?
>>
>> Patient is a 95.5 S6 Avant.
>>
>> --
>> Douglas in MN
>> 95.5 Audi S//6 Avant
>> 73 BMW R60/5 mit Toaster Tank
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Douglas in MN
95.5 Audi S//6 Avant
73 BMW R60/5 mit Toaster Tank