[s-cars] Brake fluid on drivers feet

[John Cody Forbes]

Again I'm with Tom. Paul you came here looking for help which excuses you since you were asking to be educated about something you didn't know. Yeah you got your fluids a bit mixed up, but that's all figured out now. The bigger issue was the educator(s) failing you. There has been a trend going on on this and the other Audifans lists with people taking wild guesses at fixes and stating them as fact before they have even really gotten the OP to narrow down symptoms and possibilities. Just from recollection I think the first three replies to your post were three different suggestions, one of which turned out to be correct. At that point we still hadn't actually determined if you were speaking of brake fluid or CHF.

-Cody (mobile)

On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

> Don't go beating yourself about the head unnecessarily, Paul, just  
> because the list has
> been doing that.  As I recall, you had a trusted adviser who named  
> this a brake slave
> cylinder problem and all you did was accept that.  Hmmm, this trusted  
> adviser has been
> strangely silent since that time, content to let you take the heat.  :  
>> )
> 
> Tom '95 S6
>          '95.5 S6 avant
> Knoxville, TN
> 
> On Saturday September 11, 2010, at 11:28 AM,  P. Dooley" <weski at verizon.net 
>  wrote:
>> 
>> More information - so I looked at my FA and see item #12 on
>> illustration #721-25 a master cylinder.  This is what is dripping (or
>> has fluid dripping from above it onto this and then into my plastic
>> carpet saver).
>> 
>> On 9/11/2010 11:16 AM, P. Dooley wrote:
>>> Guys,
>>> 
>>> Guess I did use a few terms incorrectly so thanks for the  
>>> clarifications.
>>> Pentosin - I understand now.  The only fluid with that label/brand
>>> that I've had in my garage was brake fluid - the yellow stuff -  
>>> glad I
>>> had some to use before air got into the system but I guess it's the
>>> worst stuff to have leak into the carpet.  Fortunately, the mat took
>>> the brunt of it and barely any residue on the carpet - already
>>> shampooed, scrubbed, and dried but the mat if most likely junk or  
>>> just
>>> right for winter driving.
>>> 
>>> I always thought that brake master cylinder was under the hood
>>> directly under the brake fluid reservoir.  After reading this thread,
>>> my problem appears to be the only cylinder/pump in the foot-well area
>>> - the clutch "master" which has brake fluid in it not hydraulic fluid
>>> as pointed out.
>>> 
>>> I pulled codes - none relating to brake system - only injector #1
>>> intermittent and speed sensor errors.  I added fluid and brake light
>>> went out.  Pulled car into garage to get my backup vehicle into use.
>>> Put plastic on the carpet and watched the fluid drip-drip-drip.
>>> 
>>> Don't know what I can do about running out of fluid while I travel  
>>> and
>>> it sits in my garage.  Any thoughts?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the help as usual
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 95 S6
>>> 198,500 miles and temporarily out of commission
> 
> 
> 
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