You need a new master cylinder. Eventually it'll get to the point where you have to pump the brake to get it to stop. This happened to me. Do yourself a favor and replace it before that point. ;-) You can replace it yourself with a couple of wrenches and about an hour.
Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Sookraj" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 8:02 PM Subject: Brake Problem > Hey Folks, > > Here's my latest GTI problem. I'm not exactly sure under which conditions > this occurs, but... Slowing to a stop from a decent speed (>45mph), gently > applying the brakes, the pedal slowly sinks towards the floor. I'd say I > get about one inch more pedal travel than I'm used to on this car. If I > let off and hit the pedal again, it acts normally. Any ideas? > > Also, a little off topic... On the way home tonight a silver A4 Golf (may > or may not have been a GTI) drove by, headed in the other direction. I > noticed it had a "16V" badge in the grille. Are they offering the 16V > again, or have I lost it? > > Thanks, > -Ryan > -- > '98 Z24 > '87 GTI 16V > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org From ???@??? Fri Jan 28 16:36:49 2000 Received: from relay1.bu.edu (RELAY1.BU.EDU [128.197.153.99]) by acs-mail.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0.ACS)/BU_Server-1.3) with ESMTP id QAA170386 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:00:58 -0500 Received: from solomon (solomon2.ij.net [209.216.95.2]) by relay1.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0)/8.8.5/(BU-RELAY-11/18/99-b2)) with SMTP id QAA11961 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:00:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from [209.216.92.66] by solomon (NTMail 3.02.13) with ESMTP id ua893224 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:59:44 -0500 Message-ID: <01a701bf69d2$fef57110$4b03001f@colorbyte> From: "Andrew Traenkner" <[email protected]> To: "Patrick Austin" <[email protected]>, "W. Lee Hendrick" <[email protected]> Cc: "vw racer" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <v04210105b4b7aa0767bd@[132.239.228.12]> Subject: Re: Future GLI? Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:02:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-UIDL: df522f4825a922010b5e0113f4a64360 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 11554 > Straight from the factory, both cars are rev-limited in top speed, > anyway. I'm not so sure of that. My '88 GTi 16v cruises at 60MPH, turning ~2800-2900 RPM (This with stock tire sizes). This would give my car a top speed of ~140MPH. There aren't any hills in Florida to give me that sort of speed. Wind, on the other hand....... Andy
