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miloman1

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Just had new discs, pads etc on front of '97 Carrera C2S fitted at OPC. Did 10 miles or so then (next day) brake fluid warning light came on. Never done so before. Checked levels and they are fine. Any bright ideas anyone? Of course PC advise me to take it into them again which I am happy to do if I have to but interested to hear if anyone else has experienced similar issues. Thanks in advance.
 
They've possibly not taken enough (or any) fluid out of the reservoir to get it down to the maximum mark when fitting the new discs and pads. This can result in the fluid escaping out of the vents in the cap and shorting the connections and thus illuminating the warning light. If it is this you will have to strip out the carpets, etc to ensure all the brake fluid is removed and areas affected washed well. When this happened to me I was lucky that no fluid had got further than the cap but I still washed everything down incessantly until I was confident that there was no possibility of any fluid lingering within the luggage compartment.
 
Or, the other possibility is, the pad wear warning light is coming on because they've screwed up the fitting process. Are you sure which light it is ? There are several brake warning lights, and only the handbook will tell you which is which.
 
Finally got 993 back to OPC. Turns out there was a small leak caused by some 'dirt' in the join between pipe and caliper. They were full of apologies, cleaned it up, no damage and am relieved they found the fault and it was an easy fix. No hard feelings as they took it seriously and took the necessary action. Thanks for the help Clyde and Porker 993. Much appreciated as always.
 
Not sure how that would cause the fluid level warning light to come on but if it's fixed it I suppose it's a case of all's well that ends well
 
I would guess he was losing enough fluid through the leak that the level in the master cylinder went down and triggered the warning light - good thing then that we have brake fluid level warning lights! Regards Anton
 
That seems reasonable Anton until you look at the original post which said that the fluid levels were fine Very strange
 
Sorry I'd missed that comment (about the fluid levels) - as you say very strange! Maybe the Porsche engineers had fitted a telepathic brake fluid level warning system that alerts you before there's any drop in the level! Regards Anton
 
ORIGINAL: miloman1 Finally got 993 back to OPC. Turns out there was a small leak caused by some 'dirt' in the join between pipe and caliper. They were full of apologies, cleaned it up, no damage and am relieved they found the fault and it was an easy fix. No hard feelings as they took it seriously and took the necessary action. Thanks for the help Clyde and Porker 993. Much appreciated as always.
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That's awful. Suppose the brake warning light hadn't worked ? Suppose the leak had been faster ? How can professionals be so useless ? I have changed the brake fluid, discs, pads and brake pipes on my 993, and I was so so careful at all times. If they were doctors, they'd be struck off. It is life and death, but they get away with it every time. If we weren't so nice on here we'd name and shame. I know I would.
 
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