Recent content by rmccl54

Think I will stick with checking the lockout button first.

Thanks for the reply. Hoses are ok, and no pertinent recall shows up for this one ... but pretty sure its solved. After several days in the shop it was discovered that one of the plugs was oil fouled. Probably via the valve cover. That should have been the second thing I checked if not the...

My wife's p5 (135k) recently has been behaving badly. Runs fine when cold but after a thorough warm up the following may occur: - after stopping idle is briefly rough but bounces back - when starting from said stop it is low on power and probably running on 2 or 3 cylinders briefly. If I floor...

That was it, thank you very much! I was aware of the child lock out for the rear doors, but wasn't expecting this!

The transmission fluid on my wife's '02 p5 was changed today, and later in the day, she noticed that only the drivers window worked. Odd coincidence but unlikely there is any connection. I have read of more recent models after disconnecting the battery, requires that the windows be reset, link...

Thanks, great advice. .... I usually patronize rockauto.com for parts, perhaps I should go local* on this. * "local" = national chain

The hose is dry so it seems to be something else. After watching while the brake was depressed and also setting and releasing the parking brake the fluid drips out near where the parking brake cable attaches. Seems like the bit that moves when the P brake is set and released. This pic shows it...

Yeah, just occurred to be that the hose could be the problem.

After replacing my wife's pads and rotors, all 4, the brake light went on after the first day that she drove it. I suspected the worse but just after adding a bit of fluid the light went out. That seemed odd though, the fluid level was fine when I finished and one should not need to add fluid as...

One other tip. It appears from the pics that the front wheel was straight forward the whole time. It is generally easier, in my experience to to turn the wheel fully in the appropriate direction to get better access to back side of the caliper.