Soft Brake Pedal

[kkh120]

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?

[Judderi]

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

[Si]

^^^ What that man said! 

[roverspeed]

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??

[Jet]

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

[Dizzie]

I got a spongy brake pedal too

[Si]

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

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.

[Steve_B]

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.

[Mr Blue]

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

otherwise it should be fine!

[Si]

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.