muffking Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 The missus complained of losing power in the brakes going downhill this week so I drove the car for a while and it seemed fine, but twice when reversing uphill into the driveway I lost the hydraulic brake assist and had to brake hard to get the brakes to work and pumping the brake pedal didn't change it. I've checked the fluid level to see if the slant was allowing air into the resivoir pipe, but the level is plenty high enough and the problem doesn't occur on level roads. Any ideas as I'll be on hills all this coming week so I'm on gaurd. Quote
chrispb123456 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 Sound like a split or collapsed vacuum hose to the brake servo.Look for the large black plastic hose that connects to the servo behind brake master cylinder, then follow the pipe back to the inlet manifold. Quote
muffking Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Posted October 2, 2011 Sound like a split or collapsed vacuum hose to the brake servo.Look for the large black plastic hose that connects to the servo behind brake master cylinder, then follow the pipe back to the inlet manifold. Nailed that fault in one :-) Nice one Chris. I've just traced the pipe along to a plastic elbow on the head and the hose has split where it joins the elbow. I've jubilee cliped it for tonight but will cut it back and rejoin it properly in the week. Magners was it :-D Quote
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