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Thread: TD6 2002 L322. Brake failure.

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    TD6 2002 L322. Brake failure.

    Hi All.
    Scarey moment yesterday.
    Came down the steep Bulli pass yesterday, heading to Thirroul NSW.
    Had the brakes on all the way down doing 50 kpm, got to the bottom...no brakes.
    pumped the pedal..minimum stopping power.
    Parked the car at The Headland Hotel, had a feed, three hours later started it up and all seemed OK.
    Booked it in with the mechanic.
    Anyone have any suggestions.?
    Cheers Paul.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRUMMY View Post
    Hi All.
    Scarey moment yesterday.
    Came down the steep Bulli pass yesterday, heading to Thirroul NSW.
    Had the brakes on all the way down doing 50 kpm, got to the bottom...no brakes.
    pumped the pedal..minimum stopping power.
    Parked the car at The Headland Hotel, had a feed, three hours later started it up and all seemed OK.
    Booked it in with the mechanic.
    Anyone have any suggestions.?
    Cheers Paul.
    My Dad had the same thing doing the Bulli Pass in his Old HK holden boiled the brake fluid on the way down, He had no brakes. When it cooled down they worked.


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    TD6 No Brakes

    Thanks Roverland.
    For a 4wd as expensive as these, this should not really happen.......
    There was a cement truck behind me....... i was wearing brown pants........He he.....

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    If pads, discs and booster are ok ! it definitely sounds like the effects of hygroscopic brake fluid. As Mario said the fluid has most probably boiled ; due to the moisture content. Most rarely change their brake fluids regularly enough these days, especially with the need to have a IID Tool etc to bleed the modern ABS systems. Where you using sport mode with the gearbox ?

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    Assuming it is an automatic, did you have it in D for drive?

    The auto in my ancient POS will crawl downhill if put in 1 or 2 high or low range without using the brakes, depending on how steep the slope is.

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    Did the pedal get long or was it hard/normal and just didn't pull up?

    If it got long, youve boiled the fluid.
    With a long pedal you need to pump the pedal to bring it up to normal height.
    If the pedal remained firm and just didn't pull up you've overheated the pads.

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    If you rode the pedal all the way down the hill ,they will have been cooked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRUMMY View Post
    ?............
    For a 4wd as expensive as these, this should not really happen............
    Even in a Rolls Royce, riding the brakes down a hill will a) bugger the brakes, b) get you and your family killed!
    The gearbox is there for a reason.
    The truck behind you would have been using his/her gears, and an engine brake, that's how truckies stay alive to scare you another day!
    I travel Cunninghams Gap regularly in both cars and trucks. If I do it right, there are only two stretches of about 100 metres each, that need the brakes.
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    I guess some are missing the point................

    surely in an L322 with an auto box you can select a low gear in the auto box, not drive (in low or high range if they have both ranges) and then the motor will provide engine braking without the need to use the brake pedal whilst proceeding down a steepish hill.

    Do L322 drivers even understand this basic concept?

    DL

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    Quote Originally Posted by 350RRC View Post
    Do L322 drivers even understand this basic concept? DL
    Oh them there are fighting words!

    Do I see some model snobbery going on here?
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