thundershorts
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- Joined
- Jul 15, 2010
- Location
- west chester pa
- TDI
- 2015 passat tdi sel premium 2015 golf s tdi gls tdi b5.5, 2002 eurovan,Peugeot 505 td,Citroen cx25 prestige
2015 sel tdi 31k
When starting in morning after sitting overnight vacuum leak causes brake pedal to be hard, some effort required to close safety switch to engage start, after start, pedal will bleed down close to floor in 30 seconds. At stops it bleeds down at about same rate. Dealer states this is normal for diesels, although my 60k 2013 tdi sel showed none of these symptoms. Except for the source of vacuum, pump vs manifold, I would doubt that Passat gasser has a different master vac/master cyl than the tdi version. My experience is that the m/c is leaking internally as no fluid appears in the master vac or any other place and fluid level remains at same level. It would fail Pa inspection. I just want to get it replaced before the warranty is up in 4k miles so I don't get boned. Any one else experience this?
When starting in morning after sitting overnight vacuum leak causes brake pedal to be hard, some effort required to close safety switch to engage start, after start, pedal will bleed down close to floor in 30 seconds. At stops it bleeds down at about same rate. Dealer states this is normal for diesels, although my 60k 2013 tdi sel showed none of these symptoms. Except for the source of vacuum, pump vs manifold, I would doubt that Passat gasser has a different master vac/master cyl than the tdi version. My experience is that the m/c is leaking internally as no fluid appears in the master vac or any other place and fluid level remains at same level. It would fail Pa inspection. I just want to get it replaced before the warranty is up in 4k miles so I don't get boned. Any one else experience this?