Thread: no brakey, no worries

Sounds like your booster is gone or you have a vacuum leak.

Maybe the vacuum pump?

Or a beer bottle stuck under the pedal??

Damn beer bottles, but seriously the vacume line wouldnt happen to intersect with the air intake just above the turbo? The reason i ask is because i modified the 45 degree slice section of this intersection the other day to stop it rubbing on the intercooler pipe.
cheers
Mick

The vacuum pump is on the drivers side of the engine. It is a black canister looking device, near the fuel lift pump. The vacuum line will go from there to the booster.

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

Damn beer bottles, but seriously the vacume line wouldnt happen to intersect with the air intake just above the turbo? The reason i ask is because i modified the 45 degree slice section of this intersection the other day to stop it rubbing on the intercooler pipe.
cheers
Mick

It would be the first place I'd be looking, you may have a leak on the 'modification'

You can modify the air intake to your hearts content on a Tdi, it won't make any difference to the vacuum created by the camshaft driven mechanical vacuum pump.

My money is on the vacuum pump. I just replaced mine after the same symptoms. Lucky mine failed when on sandy track and not with the wife driving the kids to school!

Thanks be to you all for sage advice. After much head scratching and staring into the engine while muttering monosylabic nothings I grabbed hold of the offending vacume hose only to be shocked as it came away in my hand. The t piece had perished and broken and had been hiding from view behind another pipe. Well one trip to supercheap and $3 latter problem is solvered.
cheers
Mick

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

Thanks be to you all for sage advice. After much head scratching and staring into the engine while muttering monosylabic nothings I grabbed hold of the offending vacume hose only to be shocked as it came away in my hand. The t piece had perished and broken and had been hiding from view behind another pipe. Well one trip to supercheap and $3 latter problem is solvered.
cheers
Mick

It is often the most simple thing that stuffs us all..............

Great to hear you found, and solvered the problem