brakes

lost my brakes this afternoon the pedal went to the floor came back a bit with pumping dropped the kids off at house then went to rip off fords(halfords) for some brake fluid as I thought I had burst a pipe ten quid for the fliud came out got in and the brakes were back but when I brake hard and get like a pinging noise and a clunk from the abs , the abs light and brake fliud light never came on when I lost braking any ideas whats wrong

Could have lost a brake pad. Have a good look at them NOW brakes should never be left if you have a problem.

What ruffday said, take the wheels off and check pads and the clips that hold them in.

just been out had all wheels off and checked pads all seems well all nearly new pads there is plenty of fluid in reservoir bit of a whoosh when pressing pedal as if it is sucking air but peddle is harder than before they went no fluid on driveway

talking to lad at work and he reckons it could be a dodgy servo as i give them some stick this morning and they are back to normal

Tdi or V8? If Tdi could be the vacumn pump.

its a tdi mate where is the vacume pump

on the side of the block. o/s on a 300. If a vac pump goes though, the pedal is harder to press due to having no assistance with pressing the brake.

I wouldnt have thought it was this, but its an easy one to check.

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the pedal is normal my first thought was a bust pipe but ive lost no fluid now Iam thinking it could be a duff servo or I cooked the fluid as I was driving down hilland on the brakes a lot dont know if that would cause the problem but Iam off work tomorrow so I will change the fluid and go from there if it happens again I will stop and get the AA out and see if they can find the problem

just been talking to a mechanic down the street and he reckons it could be the abs Ive got a feeling this is going to cost me a fortune

bit of a whoosh when pressing pedal as if it is sucking air but peddle is harder than before

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That what made me think vacumn pump. Altho having read the thread with more time than yesterday I can see why that would be wrong

colinE said:

just been talking to a mechanic down the street and he reckons it could be the abs Ive got a feeling this is going to cost me a fortune

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If it was an ABS problem the warning light would be shining brightly. It is just a thought but it might be wise to check all 4 corners are braking properly. A friend of mine lost his rear brakes and didn't even know. If I remember well that was something to do with the Tee piece at the rear, but also, there is a pressure compensator thing (can't remember the right name for it) bit they sometimes can cause a problem.

Either way, you would be well advised to make sure everthing is 100% when it comes to brakes.