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polofella26
| | Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2002 - 09:53 pm: | 
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Brake light comes on and stays on.(95 Disco) My E-brake is off. Will this cause any harm and what may be causing it? Thanks, Glen |
Steve (Scrover)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2002 - 10:06 pm: |
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Yeah, take your foot off the brake pedal - only joking! Probably the brake light switch, mine does the same thing, then it doesn't for a while, then it does etc. One day I'll replace the switch. Or do you mean the warning light? |
polofella26
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:49 am: |
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Ok, thanks Steve, I'll look into the brake light switch. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 01:22 am: |
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more likely your brake fluid resevoir has become low and the light is telling you to add fluid.
and why is it low?
because your brake pads are getting thin!
pop the hood check the level |
bruce shibley (Bruceshibley)
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 02:45 am: |
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it sounds like the fluid level is low. that does happen...i should know, it happened to me . |
Corey Shuman (One_Bad_Rover)
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 03:04 am: |
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Wow, Ive never heard of a loss of brake fluid pressure due to pads getting low...hmmmm....I'd agree with Bruce, top off your brake fluid.... |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:00 am: |
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no one said the pressure was less, but since there is less pad it takes more fluid to push it in resulting in low fluid reading in the resevior.
rd |
Glen Hernandez (Polofella26)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:00 pm: |
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Ok....thanks!! all this does help...as always! |
bruce shibley (Bruceshibley)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 07:35 pm: |
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yes when the pads are thinner it takes more volume behind the caliper pistons to keep themclose to the rotor. So that is true, and that in trun makes the brake light come on. i think the master cylinder resevoir also has a slight leakage issue all the time. anyhow glad it worked. it did happen to me, but i had bigger problems, not as big as my favourite mechanic?LR guidance has retired and moved back to the mother country...  |
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