[V6-12v] Replacing brake fluid

[clive young]

Marc

I have heard of such legendary Bomb.. I thought it was just a myth (
especially since I couldn't find it on my car ) . I have your typical
reservoir , which feeds a master cylinder. From there it feeds the ABS
control unit and out to the brakes, maybe because I have a 95 I don't have a
bomb in my car ?.. or maybe it is because I am not in the mob? :-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The CyberPoet" <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net>
To: "clive young" <cyoung1661 at rogers.com>
Cc: "Audi list" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Replacing brake fluid


> I think you're missing the bomb in the equation. The Audi brake system
> has a hydraulic pressure booster oft referred to as the "bomb" which
> plays into the brake system somehow (I had the brakes drained by the
> shop instead of doing it myself because I ran into a frozen caliper and
> didn't want to deal with it). The manuals should detail the complete
> procedure, but if I recall correctly, you have to depressurize the bomb
> to flush the system correctly.
>
> Cheers
> =-= Marc Glasgow
>
> On Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at 09:04  PM, clive young wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > Have any of you tried replacing your brake fluid? On previous cars I
> > would "vacuum" out the brake fluid from the reservoir with a syringe
> > taking most of the crud with it to the bottom of the reservoir , top
> > up with new fluid and do the old foot pump techique to push the old
> > fluid out of the lines until the clear stuff came through.
> >     The Audi has a small filter screen in the reservoir that I just
> > can not remove. I suppose I could push all that old fluid through the
> > sytem but I hate doing that if I don't have too. Is there something I
> > am missing here ?
> >
> > Any info would be helpful
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Clive
>