RE Hydraulic Pressure Accumulator

[Simon Allcorn <SALLCORN@softa.co.uk>]

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>I sent a message to the list yesterday after pumping my brake pedal to
>see how many times I could do it before it went 'hard' (3-4). Everybody
>on the list thinks this suggests a worm out bomb BUT when I look under
>the bonnet (hood) there is not a pressure accumulator on the car ! (87
>CQ RHD). Does anybody know which Audis have bombs and which don't ? 
>I used to own an 82  Golf (Rabbet) with the 1500 engine and a friend
>had a Jetta (a Gold with a Trunk) with the same engine and I remember
>noticing that he had a bomb (small green ball about 4' dia). The reason
>I say this is that the Jetta/Golf should have identical braking systems
>(as far as I know) given the same engine size, so why did one have a
>bomb and the other not ?
>
>Simon 
>(87 Coupe Q with no bomb !)
>(SALLCORN@softa.co.uk)
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