[928uk] Re: Long brake pedal travel etc

[Jon Holdsworth]

I'm glad someone keeps my emails. Fan info is still current. My pair of
scrapyard fans of unknown vintage are still doing sterling service 20k miles
later.

Don't swap to Silicone fluid unless you change all the seals and hoses
first. Use Dot 5.1 - yes it is hygroscopic and change it every year - A
litre of Ferodo 5.1 (or Halfords 5.1 its the same stuff) should be around
£10. You only need a litre to change it all. Do it every year and you lessen
the chances of corrosion in the system and of the fluid absorbing water. The
928 is one of the easiest cars I have ever bled, It will actually bleed
itself by Gravity if you have 24 hours per bleed nipple to waste, Invest in
a gunsons eezi bleed - makes it a 1 man job and dead easy. It's cheap
insurance/preventative maintenance and it gives you a few minutes with each
wheel off to look at the wonders of Porsche Engineering (well Brembo
actually) and look for other potential problem areas.

Jon
Black SE


> -----Original Message-----
> From: 928uk-bounces at 928.org.uk [mailto:928uk-bounces at 928.org.uk]On
> Behalf Of Gareth Northwood
> Sent: 31 March 2004 12:02
> To: 928uk at 928.org.uk; stuart928gt at hotmail.com
> Subject: [928uk] Re: Long brake pedal travel etc
>
>
> Hi Stuart
>
> archived message below from Jon re fans might be of interest.
> Sorry, can't help with the brake problem!
>
> Cheers
> Gareth
> Black 90GT and Red 93 Cavalier (which is looking more like spare
> parts every day!)
>
> _________________
>
> Jon Holdsworth	jon.holdsworth1 at virgin.net	RE: [928uk]
> Gremlins Electrical
>
> 4 Radiator fans not working
>
> If the fuse checks out OK, try turning the fans by hand, if they
> feel at all
> stiff or notchy the bearings have failed and the fans will need to be
> replaced, test them by applying 12v direct to the elec connector
> on each fan
> and mind your fingers!. The fans are the same as Mk3 Vauxhall Cavalier
> fans - just a different elec connector. Theese are about £110 each from
> Vauxhall (NB the blades are a different better design but they
> fit) vs £230
> ish from OPC. or a Vauxhall dismantler - prices range from about £5 upward
> depending upon where you are - the earlier Mk3 Cav has the same fam blade
> design as the '88 928 the later Cav fan is a revised design that
> still fits.
>
> The fan bearings fail on 928s because they work quite hard - mine
> had failed
> by 100k miles. They have an easy life on Cavaliers.
>
> If it is not this then you will probably need a copy of the
> workshop manuals
> to go through the diagnostics. - It is available on CD ask on this list.
>
>
> Read your parts list from EuroCP - do you know yur Cam chains are shot ? -
> It's a lot of work to change them and they are not know for giving
> problems - I have just disassembled an '87 Auto Engine with 130 k miles on
> it and the cam chains look fine - even the tensioners are barely worn.
>
> Regards
>
> Jon
> Black SE
>
>
> >>> "stuart hickmott" <stuart928gt at hotmail.com> 03/31/04 11:14am >>>
> Hi list
>
>
> After 3 months out of the uk i got my 928 out of the garage
> yesterday. Car
> started fine after but the brake pedal feels very soft and spongy with a
> fair amount of travel, car seems to stop ok.
>
> The brakes were fine when i parked the car up and the brakes had been
> pressure bleed 3 months before that.
>
> So if air has got back into the system how has it ??? or could my
> servo have
> packed up or something else.
>
> Has anyone got a rad fan as one of the bearings on mine is making a nasty
> noise.
>
>
> How easy is it the paint the rear spoiler the same colour as the body.
>
>
> Stuart
>
> GT
>
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