MODDEDCORSAGSI
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Registered: 9th Sep 03
Location: Stoke
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started drivin down the road, came 2 a junction, braked and the car didnt stop jus went straight out fuck knows wots wrong, managed 2 get home but cant get the fookin cap off the brake fluid so goin av a look in da light 2moro, fookin wank corsas
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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images of the gsi ash?!?!??
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sxi16vjoe
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Kent
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just be thankful nothing happend mate.
i hate brake failure in my fiesta and went into back of an rs turbo at 30mph.
the same morning i'd hit 120+mph on the motorway. imagine if it happended then!
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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Good job no-one was coming
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MODDEDCORSAGSI
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Registered: 9th Sep 03
Location: Stoke
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 @scott
gud fink i was the only 1 on da road all day way home, lol.
wot will da problem b, bust brake line or summat
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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quote:
Originally posted by MODDEDCORSAGSI
@scott
gud fink i was the only 1 on da road all day way home, lol.
wot will da problem b, bust brake line or summat
have u got any breaks at all?
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MODDEDCORSAGSI
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Registered: 9th Sep 03
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i noticed wen goin out dat the pedal was well low wen the brakes wer pressed but were ok but on me way home i pressed them all the way down 2 the floor and there was a tiny bit of brakage, hardly nethin tho, tried look in the fluid tank but couldnt get da lid off and 2 dark
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bubble
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you need check fluid obviously but checka round the servo area for leakages bcuz it sounds too intense for just brake fade. if that seems ok strip rear brakes and make sure a cylinder aint pissin out fluid. good luck son
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MODDEDCORSAGSI
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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could be a binding brake causing the fluid to boil and not compress
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamF
could be a binding brake causing the fluid to boil and not compress
plausible but he would not have expierienced soft pedal moment he started up
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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didnt read that bit could be wheel cylinder then i see it all the time. i took a drum off a car once and there was so much fluid in it that when i took it off it pissed all over me and they wonder why there brakes fail
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamF
didnt read that bit could be wheel cylinder then i see it all the time. i took a drum off a car once and there was so much fluid in it that when i took it off it pissed all over me and they wonder why there brakes fail
common on corsas and early astras.i know this lad. ill c him tomoz find out the prob
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Registered: 1st Sep 03
Location: York
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i had this on both my rears on thursday, its about £20 for new parts and getting em fitted
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