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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: kkh120 on 11 January 2006, 10:46

Title: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: kkh120 on 11 January 2006, 10:46

My 8v has a soft brake pedal. Brakes go on well though when you press far enough.

Any recommendations for getting rid of the initial travel in the pedal or is this an 8v trend?

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Judderi on 11 January 2006, 10:48

1st thing you need to do is bleed the system and top up the fluid.

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Si on 11 January 2006, 13:08

^^^ What that man said!  :smiley:

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: roverspeed on 12 January 2006, 16:15

on this subject, my driver did this once, where is went really really spongy one day, and to my surprise my brake fliuid had dissappeared, the reserve bottle was totally empty??????

just filled it up and away we went, hasn't done it since, that was 3 months ago

Weird non??

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Jet on 12 January 2006, 16:30

i have had this on my red golf it has got stedily worse despite two system bleeds its still taking on air somewhere .... so i am driving my white one until my man theiman can find the fault.

Jet :sad:

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Dizzie on 12 January 2006, 16:32

I got a spongy brake pedal too :D

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Si on 12 January 2006, 16:39

Quote from: Jet on 12 January 2006, 16:30

i have had this on my red golf it has got stedily worse despite two system bleeds its still taking on air somewhere .... so i am driving my white one until my man theiman can find the fault.

Jet :sad:

Jet, maybe your servo is buggered?
The inner diaphram split on mine so was taking in air when i braked. Gradually got worse till it sounded like lorry air brakes.
Eventually i lost all brakes, car would stall as soon as i touched pedal.

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Steve_B on 12 January 2006, 17:12

Si, did you get a kind of hissing sound, like air escaping from somewhere, pressing the brake pedal when your servo was going. That's what I'm getting at the moment.

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Mr Blue on 12 January 2006, 23:11

a constant hissing sound when the pedal is pressed should be looked at.

otherwise it should be fine!

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Si on 13 January 2006, 08:12

Quote from: Steve_B on 12 January 2006, 17:12

Si, did you get a kind of hissing sound, like air escaping from somewhere, pressing the brake pedal when your servo was going. That's what I'm getting at the moment.

Yeah, thats what i had. A brake will hiss to a certain extent when pressed but when servo packs up it makes a loud hiss and revs drop. Eventually get worse and car wont run when brake is pushed.  :cry:

Title: Re: Soft Brake Pedal
Post by: Jet on 13 January 2006, 10:05

Quote from: Si on 12 January 2006, 16:39

Quote from: Jet on 12 January 2006, 16:30

i have had this on my red golf it has got stedily worse despite two system bleeds its still taking on air somewhere .... so i am driving my white one until my man theiman can find the fault.

Jet :sad:

Jet, maybe your servo is buggered?
The inner diaphram split on mine so was taking in air when i braked. Gradually got worse till it sounded like lorry air brakes.
Eventually i lost all brakes, car would stall as soon as i touched pedal.

Nice one SI I will have it looked at

Jet :smiley: