[Vwdiesel] squishy brakes?

[Tad]

Well if it's getting down that far, I would think you'd either be seeing a
puddle of fluid, or it must be the master cylinder.

As for the stuck bleeders, long long ago on my 81 AMC Condord, I bled the
system just by cracking the actual brake fitting and letting the air out
there. :)  Not that I'm recommending that procedure...

Otherwise, maybe vice grips?  I've read that a mix of acetone and ATF will
do wonders, but I've never tried it.

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Will Taygan <william at taygan.com> wrote:

> Yep, I always the pedal is sinking too, but this bottoms out. :)
>
> Currently thinking master cylinder seals. Small leak, fast hard braking
> works, slow and the pedal drops.  No leaking from connections under the
> car (been there, done that, not this time.)
>
> Slight chance of worn rotor from stuck e-brake so it's running out of
> adjustment??  Don't know if this is really possible with disc brakes.
>
> I've blown a few vac pumps, and I always had the pedal feel like a
> brick.  Can't remember if it drops to the floor or stays high, though.
> Once the pedal is on the floor, it feels like a brick (obviously), but I
> still have some braking capacity. Any chance a brake booster issue could
> cause this?
>
> Was hoping to avoid the master cylinder, since I don't know if I can get
> the bleeders out on the front brakes.  Oh well.  I'm planning on soaking
> them in Kroil.  Not too excited about heat that close to the brakes,
> especially since I've only got MAPP gas. Any other suggestions?
>
> Will
>
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 17:23 -0700, Tad wrote:
> > This is probably just me, but it seems like I always imagine that the
> pedal
> > is sinking when it isn't really. :)
> >
> > On my TDI I can use up all the vacuum if I pump the pedal rapidly...
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM, mark shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk
> >wrote:
>
> -snip-
>
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