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Re: [T3] What IS That Button?


On 11 Jun 99, at 3:08, Per Lindgren wrote:

>  What this light warns you about, is
> a failure in the braking system, or more specifically low brake fluid level
> (if you have a leak, the level sinks as you push the pedal). 

While later cars had a system that sensed a low fluid level, the air 
cooled VWs never got that. A low fluid light would be a good idea 
because it would warn you in advance that you had a brake problem.

The air cooled VWs have a low pressure warning instead. All it can do 
is warn you that you have pressure in one circuit but not in the 
other. This is not particularly useful, because by the time the light 
comes on the brake pedal has already gone most of the way to the 
floor with little effect and you are already paniced.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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