Re: V8 Brake Warning Signal (Dinner Plates)

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made David Ritter say:

> Roland Broberg writes:
>  > I'm getting the dinner plate signal from the V8 (90) auto check system.
>  > This is not an uncommon occurrence on any of our Audis.  You V8ers out
>  > there, where is the Hydraulic Pressure Sensor located?  Don't recall
>  > seeing it when changing either the pump or the rack.
> 
> Maybe I'm wrong on the V-8, but the last time my auto check system on
> the 89 200Q went off("dinner plate"), it was due to a break in
> the right front brake pad wear sensor wire.
> 
> David Ritter

The dinner plate symbol is in fact brake pad wear (or broken pad wires),
not pressure related.

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