hey umm i went out of town the other day right, and i went out of town and i knowing my car need's brake pads but not that bad. but i went for a drive the other day and i have to push the barke pedal all the way down to the floor to stop my car. Also the brake lines are fine and the fluid is ok and i tried to fix it by rebleeding them but that did not help. WHATS WRONG?
i have a 2002 A4 q 1.8t

 

some one help please

 

i would say something is wrong with your brakes.

 

If your brakes are going to the floor it has somethin to do with the lines.

 

I would say it was the master cylinder. I think it is mounted on the fire wall or close to it.

 

Do you have brake fluid?, check the brake lines as well. Also try to blead your brakes, you may have air in the lines which will cause the pedal to feel shity.

 

are they still going to the floor they could have been wet if it was a onetime thing...

But Id say you got air in there did you have help bleeding them or did you go solo?

 

there are so many things that give the symptomes you just describe.

first it has nothing to do with your pads.

second pushing the pedal to the floor has very little to do with your brake lines. unless they all misteriously vanished. then you got yourself a real problem.

if you bled the car by yourself without the use of a powerbleeder then your an idiot. you pushed air into the lines and now you just have a shortage of fluid and an added amount of air in the lines.

if something was wrong with yout M/C your ABS light would come on. b/c abs monitors the master cylinder.

i dont understand the "they could be wet" if your talking about the pads then no wet pads have no noticable or measureable effect on pedal feel.

another thing is your rotors could be too thin. the rotors have to be a certain thickness or the pads will not come into contact with it untill the pedal is all the way down. from what your describing this seems like the best answer but this pedal problem would have been going on for some time.

on the brake line note though. i would throughly inspect them for cracks. i would pull into a clean garage and push the pedal as far down as it goes several times. (like 30-40) then back out and look for brake fluid.

 

check ur break lines

 

i shouldve just said that