[s-cars] occasional brake light on start and sometimes difficultsteering

[Jared Robinson]

The hydraulic or the brake fluid? I think I need a brake flush for sure...

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>wrote:

> Check hydraulic fluid level first.  Any leaky hoses or x-plugs, noisy pump?
>  Have you ever flushed your fluid?  You may have air in the system that just
> needs to be purged.  Simple procedure involving elevating the front of the
> car and openong the reservoir, then steering lock-to-lock a few times.
> Worst case is your pump is going south and may need to be replaced or
> possible that your bomb has lost its Nitrogen fill and needs replacing or
> possibly could be re-filled by Dave.
>
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Robinson <chapel976 at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:46
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] occasional brake light on start and sometimes difficult
>        steering
>
>
> So, I was reading some posts about the hydraulic system...
> Once in a while (say once every 2-3 weeks) the brake light stays on for 30
> seconds or less after starting the car. it normally goes away by the time I
> rev the motor...
> Also, sometimes when I'm at the end of my trip and pulling into my spot at
> the train station, I go to turn the steering wheel from a stop and it's
> VERY
> heavy... almost un-turnable... if I rev the motor, I get plenty of assist
> though... It doesn't do it all the time though, sometimes it does it once a
> week... sometimes twice.
> I saw something about these two problems possibly being related...
> It only really started doing it after I put 17" wheels on the car though. I
> never noticed it with the 15" snow tires.
>
> What's the story?
>
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> Jared Robinson
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Jared Robinson