Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:23:57 +0100 From: "Jim" <jimnospamil.thanks.com> Subject: Re: Brake warning on 2002 9-5
"Dave Hinz" <davehinznospamcop.net> wrote in message news:c5tu5r$5kukn$2nospam34476.news.uni-berlin.de... > On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:21:20 +0100, Jim <jimnospamil.thanks.com> wrote: > > "Grunff" <grunffnospam.com> wrote in message > > news:c5tjvg$5f19d$1nospam52899.news.uni-berlin.de... > >> > >> In the time it took you to post this, you could've checked the brake > > fluid! > > > > Very sarcastic and hardly helpful. I have checked the brake fluid and it IS > > just above the minimum. > > Answers your own question then, doesn't it. Yes, you should buy new > pads. No, you shouldn't just fill up fluid to max. > > > If you can't help then mind your own business. > > Funny that you should have picked possibly _the_ most helpful person > in the group to give that advice to. > > The pads have audible wear indicators, no noise so although they may be close but don't need replacing yet. I can't afford to replace pads that are not at the proper replacement point, can you? Forgive me, but how did _the_ most helpful person actually help me? Following other comments, I plan to top up the fluid a very small amount to see if that helps. I will warn the garage that the fluid might overflow when the pads are next replaced. Thanks to all who tried to help.
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