[s-cars] brakes assist failure

[Larry]

Sounds like the MC.

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On Mar 2, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Konstantine Bogach <kbogach at comcast.net> wrote:

> Peter,  does pedal sag when booster goes bad?  Mine did.  I don't know 
> how booster work.  Doesn't it have seal like MC?   The symptoms look 
> like leaky seals:  a little braking until pedal drops to floor,  then it 
> returns and I can brake a little more.  I got home by pumping pedal 
> repeatedly at the its top position.
> 
> Thank you.
> Konstantine
> 
>  but if I press it to the floor I have little of brakes.  Very little.
> Does it
> On 3/2/2011 2:34 PM, Peter Golledge wrote:
>> If the booster is bad the brakes will require a LOT of effort but will 
>> work, if the MC is bad they typically "leak down"
>> as fluid goes by the seals.  You can also pull the MC off the booster 
>> and look for leaks.
>> 
>> Had an MC go bu never had a booster fail on a Type 44, did have a 
>> booster failure on the 95.5 S6, what a freaking pain
>> to replace (and $$$ too!).
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/2/2011 11:03 AM, Konstantine Bogach wrote:
>>> Hi all,   how to figure out which part went bad - MC or booster?
>>> Patient is 200 tqa '89.
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> Konstantine
>>> S4 '93
>>> 200tqa '89
>>> 
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