Brake issue, Weird.. Options

[Allan]

Yesterday after the fun run I went back to MikeD's place for a little while and when I left, after about the 3rd stop my pedal suddenly went to the floor (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) and the brake light started flashing. Brakes pumped up okay and after about 25 miles on I-5 came bake completely but the light still flashes. Stopped the car when it first happened to see if I was leaking fluid from somewhere but couldn't find any.

Ideas?

[brant]

it does sound like MC issues.
pull the pedal board and then pull the rubber sleeve over the MC to check for fluid leakage...

If thats not it then my 2nd guess would be that one of your calipers is dragging.

(rear venting clearance too tight, or stuck front piston)

To check for this, put the car up on stands.. pull the wheels.. and pull each of the pads (yes all 8) compair thickness to see if one pair or even 1 pad shows increased wear.

my logic is that if you had a stuck piston, that caliper over heated.. Especially if it was a rear pad.. then due to over heating the fluid boiled and you lost the brakes until everything cooled down.

when you were parked did you have the parking brake on?

a track rule is to never set the parking brake when you come off the track... things are too hot and need to cool down. setting the parking brake allows for more heat transfer and boiled fluid.

2 cents
brant