Warning Light Help Please.

[GirlRacer]

Hi All, When i start Jimmy, press the brake the OK sign flashes & then seconds later
the sign flashes & bleeps a few times
Whats this telling me please
I dont have any manuals/handbooks on him.
Just encase its a warning about the pads, my otherhalf checked them & seems to be enough meat on them.

Cheers
Tina.

[coupegt]

think its the hydraulic "bomb"

You can searc on here for tons of post concerning this, or on s2central.net for more info.

Mine will give the same warning, never had a problem with it :-)

[mreinders]

I'd check the hydraulic oil levels, failing that you really need to pull the fault codes.

[rotoryboy]

And just check the fluid level (PAS and brake fluid)

[GirlRacer]

Blonde moment.....
ive searched hydrolic BOMb & still dont understand
Is it the servo or just a blob of air ??

Tina.

[PeteRR]

The 'Bomb' is the hydraulic brake accumulator. So called 'cos it looks a bit like a bomb (well out of 'Tom & Jerry' anyway!). It basically stores the hydraulic pressure needed to operate the brakes consistently.
They are known to loose the ability to store this pressure through age and so need replacing (being very careful due to stored pressure that could fire it over the house when removing! ).

Could be what's wrong with yours, if its a brake warning signal. Check hydraulic fluid level as the guys said above, then get the bomb checked out.

[s2driveruk]

this is a nitrogen filled brake part which is used if the engine cuts out to provide enough system pressure to haul the car up. Over time they start to lose pressure (about 7 years if i remember) and need to be recharged or replaced (about £225). However its important to follow the system checks on www.s2central.net to check what is at fault. If it bleeps 3 times on starting up you are probably ok, if it bleeps after u pull away then probably not.

Do the checks - if it fails when u need it most you might regret it!!!!

[GirlRacer]

The 3 bleeps are only when i fire him up, after its done the brake test thing ?
So hopefully its just air in the system.
Although my boyfriend is now sitting grinnin & thinking he can fire parts of my Jimmy over the house!!!!
I m not letting him get his grubby hands on it

He knows its a sore subject when wanting to fiddle with my CARS !!!!

Have you any kind of pics to show, so that i can have a look for any leaky bits?

Cheers
Tina

[s2avant95M]

Try this web page as it has detailed tests for the warning light.

Brake Bomb

[Fat Audi 80]

He's my advice, Do the bomb test above, and if the car passes easily, check your hydaulic fluid level in the cream coloured reservoir and also check the level in the brake fluid reservoir.

(The Hydraulic fluid reservoir is on the RHS of the engine bay just in front of radiator water reservoir. The brake fluid reservoir is on the LHS side of the engine bay builkhead with the yellow cap on top.)

If all of these are okay and you are only getting the three beeps and (!) on start up I would not worry about it. Mine has been doing that since I bought it 18 months ago and the car is absolutely fine. It think the Auto check it over sensitive to the BOMB pressure and will give you a warning long before it is due to be changed.

Just my 2p's worth.

HTH

Cheers,

Steve

[BRY]

Check the service records, if the hydraulic fluid has not been changed, change it.