Brakes??

[seanoVR 0]

AM not sure if this is a problem or not but any help would be appreciated.

When i pump the brake pedal when stopped the car makes a "whooshing sound" rather like air is being forced out from somewhere. Could this be the master cylinder, am not quite to grips with the new motor!

Brakes seem completely fine, although had a little skid on the ice and nice to se e the ABS is working!!

Cheers,

Sean

[kongo127 0]

Hi Sean!

I have the same problem with my G60, when a press the brake pedal gently, i can hear the same whooshing sound!

And if i keep the pedal down to long i can hear the motor (from the oil pump) starting, then it stops when a certain pressure is reached! The brakes are good also! When i bought the car, he was stopped for about one year! The sound was much more higher! And sometimes even the ABS light came on! Now that´s is a nightmare, because when that happened (about 4 times that i can remember) I loose the brakes! Need to pull the hand brake!!! :shock:

But now with everyday running it came smoother and smoother, today i almost can´t hear that whooshing sound (but the brake oil pump starts as always).

I have no oil leak, MOT ok... So I guess that may not be a problem, but i never took this out of my mind... Maybe something is not working 100%... It is strange... :!:

If you find something... please tell me! :?:

[Supercharged 2]

faulty brake servo / master cylinder?

[Timo. 0]

my vr brake pedal makes the same noise. Think it might just be the way it is. Least I hope so anyway

 

timo

[seanoVR 0]

Have just driven a friends VR and his makes the same noise, so perhaps it is just a "feature" of the corrado?

[iandavidcassidy 0]

yep - when i was testing a few to buy one, they all did it. and so does mine. spun me out at first - So it is a feature of the car!. Does anyone else hear a banging from the rear at the same time if testing this when stopped. I think it's just the rear caliper. Also a click halve way down at the pedal?

[daves16v 1]

I also have the same problem but when I slam on the brakes in emergency stop situation I get very little braking power for about half a second then the brakes kick in........bit scary when it first happened. Still haven't managed to sort it. I took it to a VW specialist and he suggested changing the pads allround and the fluid.....it didn't work! I was hoping from the symptoms he, being a VW specialist, would know straight away. :(

[Ad's 16v 0]

I think i've got the same prob. But not entirely sure. Whenever i brake it makes a horrible grinding noise and it sometimes losses pressure and the breaks just don't work at all for a couple of seconds :shock:

I had a similar problem on my Mk2 and i changed the Servo/Master cylinder which fixed the problem so i'm probably going to do the same with the Corrado and hope it solves the problem.

[daves16v 1]

Let us know if you get a result.

[2cc 0]

The "whoosing noise" you can hear is produced by the vacuum assist reservoir. It should not be particularly load. If you run the engine to evacuate the reservoir, then switch off the engine you can apply the brake pedal a few times and hear the noise die away as the pressure equalises; the pedal pressure also changes as the pressure changes.

Regarding the other comments about brakes not working for a few seconds & grinding noises I'd say get it in the worksop NOW cos you have some problems.