Hard and ineffective brake pedal feeling - any suggestions?

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  • curlyks2
    S2Forum Extremist
    • Feb 2004
    • 1069
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #1

    Hard and ineffective brake pedal feeling - any suggestions?

    The S2 has been on a c. four week holiday at the garage awaiting parts and mechanic time to fix the various bits that died. Picked up the car again with everything fixed (the oil now staying in the engine is a good start), but the brake pedal feeling is now completely different.

    Am absolutely sure the garage put the car back together correctly (it's sounding better than it has for some time) and that they can get the brakes working again if I visit - but I'm running out of good will and holiday at work (for finding time to get there during opening hours) and out of money for garage bills.

    The brake pedal feels harder and less progressive than it did when I last drove the car, and less effective at stopping it. Steering and clutch feel fine. Really hoping that the bomb hasn't just "gone" without warning (do they go without any warning?) while sat at the garage - simply can't afford to get that replaced at the moment.

    Anyone have any (other) suggestions?

    Cheers,

    Ck.
    Shocked, exhausted, hosed, bushed, dumped, chipped, mounted, filtered, gauged, packed, intermittantly wiped and braked. I mean broken. Now, about the car...
  • s2driveruk
    Super Moderator
    • Jul 2003
    • 12696
    • Country: England

    #2
    yeah, take it out and do a few high speed stops, pushing the brake firmly from top to bottom of travel.....i bet after doing that a few times they will be back to normal. Probably just a bit of crud on the pads and discs. Mines been standing since end of Feb until tonight and started off feeling the same.
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    • Fat Audi 80
      Super Moderator
      • Jan 2004
      • 10547
      • Country: England

      #3
      Ditto what david said. Corrosion on disks - been standing.

      Best of luck..

      The Perfectionist
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      • curlyks2
        S2Forum Extremist
        • Feb 2004
        • 1069
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #4
        Tempted to put the track pads (which'll take the surface off pretty much anything) in and go for a blast at the weekend then.

        Ck.
        Shocked, exhausted, hosed, bushed, dumped, chipped, mounted, filtered, gauged, packed, intermittantly wiped and braked. I mean broken. Now, about the car...

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