Re: Brakes go buh bye :( What now?

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

I would check the steel lines also since I have seen/experienced rusted
through lines in VWs before (aircooled and watercooled).  HTH!!

Dave

> List,
>
> Ok, about a week ago i noticed that my brake light on the dash (the one
that
> comes on when i pull the e-brake) has been on all the time.  I was
thinking
> that my switch under the handle had gone bad but tonight i found out that
i
> was VERY wrong!
> I was driving through Burlington and all of a sudden, brakes go to floor
and
> i have just enough power to slow me down.. by the time i get home, im
using
> my ebrake cause my normal ones are almost completeley gone!
> I checked the M/C rez and it was almost empty... i added the last of my
ATE
> super blue fluid, but it wasnt enough to fill it, or shut the light on the
> dash off.
> I replaced the M/C in the begining of the summer wiht a used one so im
> thinking(hoping) that it is not the problem... So what could cause this?
> Blown out slave cyl on one of the calipers?  I would see fluid leaking
then
> right?  Please help, i cant drive my rocco untill i get this fixed!
  OH,
> its my '87 1.8 16v scirocco.  Thanks!
>
> Jason Arms (Essex, VT)
>
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