[Vwdiesel] brake frustrations

[sandy cameron]

RE:
Some of the things  I have done in the past to winkle out dastardly 
defects in the brake systems.

! SAFETY FIRST ! (Lurking Lawyers)

NEVER operate the car on-road with one brake line disabled. (plugged)

The front brakes contribute most of the braking effort, and in my 
opinion, (even though it is illegal) will permit driving the car 
carefully on secondary roads, at low speed, to get it to a shop (yours 
or others) for repairs.

I would never try to drive it with only rear  brakes operating. It will 
swap ends with almost no effort if only rear brakes are applied, 
especially in slippery conditions.
You can test this by a parking brake only application.

Bottom line, never drive with one side disabled, basically, only disable 
both rear lines, (the ones that usually fail first) and drive with BOTH 
front lines operating, at a sensible speed.

Stay off 4 lane roads until repairs are made.

Sandy