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Re: '90 100/brakes?



> >If I keep steady pressure on the brake pedal it will go down although not
> >allthe way to the floor.
> 
> Yep, sounds like the bomb has lost  pressure, wellcome to the crowd. Does 
> the brake lite come on also? The one which is also for the emergency 
> brake/fluid level. If so, and you do not have any air in the system, then 
> most likely the bomb.
>  
... I guess I missed the original post, but a gradually dropping pedal 
sounds more like leaking master cylinder seals to me ...

IME the classic symptom of a bomb problem is the brake warning light coming 
on when the brakes are depressed in an emergency stop situation, or the 
sense of a loss of assist in the pedal in the same situation.  

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)