[s-cars] A Different Brake Light Question

[Tom Green]

Ok, the system leaks, Douglas.  You can't expect the system to hold  
pressure if
if can't hold fluid.  The banjo bolts do have very small screens in  
them.  The
reservoir screen is easier to see.  Is it clean and the fluid clear?

You haven't said how many pumps the accumulator has after sitting for  
a while,
but if the light is always on at start, it can't be many.

That hose with the fat insulation around it has a "J" shape to the  
hard tubing
portion at the pump, hence the alias "J" hose.  I have part#4A0 612 065,
which a cursory check with Miramar Audi finds it listed for $605/ 
selling for $435.60.
This is the reason so much traffic on this list is devoted to HOH in  
Spokane, WA
who do a bang-up repair job for around $75.  Hint:  Clean the soaked  
insulation
first since you want them to reuse it-they won't do housekeeping.

If leaving your car inoperative for the repair period is not  
attractive, I have my
spare HOH repaired hose available for a swap.  You can contact me off  
list.

Tom







> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:07:05 -0500
> From: Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] A Different Brake Light Question
> To: tony.curran at sympatico.ca
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> The only thing I feel with the steering is a very slight "grinding"
> sensation when making very small adjustments to the steering while
> traveling in a straight line.  Don't know if that means anything or
> not.
>
> Yesterday, while under the car doing an oil change, I noticed that the
> hose coming down from the hydraulic pump to the bomb appeared to be
> wet under the foam insulation.  It appears that it is weeping
> somewhere.  Is this the hose that has a screen in the banjo bolt where
> it attaches to the bomb?
>
> D.