[s-cars] Front Brake calipers not releasing.....Master Cylinder?

[Wylie Bean]

Ate 200 is the same fluid w/o the dye.  I have had good luck with the Valvoline Synthetic. 

Wylie Bean (via blackberry)
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7 3.6P

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net>

Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:06:06 
To: Scott Justusson<qshipq at aol.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Front Brake calipers not releasing.....Master Cylinder?


Scott:

What do you recommend for brake fluid in lieu of the Super Blue?


-Peter

At 07:35 AM 4/22/2009 -0500, you wrote:


>Both masters use discs and antireversion dampening in the fluid return
>circuit.  These are very small passages that serve to slow down and
>dampen fluid return into the master cylinder.  IME, they can get clogged
>easily, especially with old fluid, or running ATE Superblue Fluid.  IME,
>most Master problems on S cars are caused by this symptom.  That said, I
>have also seen bad brake line internals cause the exact same problem
>too, as Scott N notes this am.

-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma, USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90 20v Q Red
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient) 

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