Re: '91 200Q: hard pedal -- bad bomb?

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>]

At 14:43 25.08.98 -0700, Arun & Vimala Rao wrote:

>This problem is probably common to all the type 44's -- for the past
>week, I notice that the brake pedal is firmer than usual, esp. when I
>take the car out first thing in the morning. Braking effort is higher as
>well. The brake idiot light on the dash has been slow to go out for
>quite a while, and that continues to be the case.  Brake fluid and hyd.
>reservoir fluid are fine -- should I suspect the infamous bomb?

Either the bomb or leaking servo. To test the bomb, start the car, let it
idle for 2 minutes, then switch off. Keep depressing the brake pedal until
it gets hard. Less than 10 strokes means bad bomb.
To test the servo, remove the return line (the one going from the servo to
the reservoir) with engine running. Slow dripping is OK, but if the fluid
escapes in a continuous flow, the servo is leaking.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)