combat_sri
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: welwyn garden city,herts
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the handbrake light on the instrument panel has lit up twice now while ive been driving,is it the brake pads getting low or low brake fluid etc??
the other thing thats worrying me is that when i went to go out in the car last night i started it up and it was idling at about 500 rpm where its usually 1000.i tried to keep the revs up as i reversed out of the garage but it cut out,it then took a while of me turning it over and giving some revs before it would start.
what will this be?? could it just be the cold?
thanks for any help!
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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light coming on is low brake fluid
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andy hirst
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Registered: 18th Apr 02
Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
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i had this problem and it was the brake pads.
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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pads or fluid depending on wot model u have kus not all have the brake pad sensors so check the fluid first 
ah the joys of multi info displays 
[Edited on 12-12-2003 by Kerry]
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
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aye check the pad level before doing anything.
that idle thing happened to me twice when i had my corsa. basically it ran like a bag of spanners for about 10s then sorted itself out
from what i could work out, the ECU had somehow reset itself, and it was recalibrating itself
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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quote:
Originally posted by soaped
i had this problem and it was the brake pads.
low brake pads causes low brake fliud mate
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combat_sri
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: welwyn garden city,herts
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how much am i looking at for a new set of pads for a 93 sri then ? nothing special,just gm stuff will do.
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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No more than £20 i would say, i never paid over £20 for brake pads in me life
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combat_sri
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thats not too bad then,will get some tommorow,
how do i check what brake fluid i have in the car already cos i've been told you shouldnt mix it together?
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jjcymru
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Registered: 28th May 02
Location: ammanford,south wales
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there is no pad warning light ON ANY CORSA B released.
the only reason ull get the light on is because the pistons have to travel further to get the desired braking effect and therefore moving fluid reduces the level in the tank sufficient for the sender to bring on the light to indicate low fluid level.
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