MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: clum1 on April 06, 2011, 12:37:29 pm
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Had my brake fluid changed as part of a four year service recently as well as new front pads and disks. A couple of weeks later, I got a Brake Fluid warning on the dash. Returned to the garage where they reckoned it may have been the float indicator had gotten a bit stuck. Upshot was, they showed me it, topped up the fluid and all was well. Now, a further couple of weeks later, the same is happening again.
To my (unknowledgeable) mind, it sounds like there's a slow leak somewhere; it had never happened until the car had its fluid and disks/pads changed. Is it possible someone's damaged a brake hose in this process or would I have noticed that the first time I stood on them? Just about to take it back to them; anything I should be saying/looking for?
clum1
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Point out to them that in how ever long you have owned the car it has never done that until the discs/pads & fluid where changed.
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Could be as simple as one of the bleed nipples not being tightened up properly - have a look in that area of all 4 wheels and see if you can see any fluid
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+1 on the last post
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Spot on; bleed nipple at the rear had been slightly unthreaded and was leaking a tiny amount. Hopefully that's it sorted. Cheers for the help.
clum1