Sounds like the brake booster or master cylinder
assembly to me, but that's just a guess.
--- Allan Williams <Allan.Williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Thanks for all the warm greetings...
>
> I just recently bought a 1990 Imperial that failed
> Va state inspection for its
> brakes. The Imperial has anti-lock brakes and when
> you press the pedal
> the brake light and the anti-lock light comes on in
> the dash briefly. The
> inspection said that he could pass it because of
> this. The brakes work
> fine. I look in the owners' manual and it states
> that if non OEM brakes are
> used this would happen. I called the inspector back
> and gave him this
> message and he said that he still could not pass the
> car because the
> pedal would bottom out when the pedal is first
> depressed (hence the
> lights). I drove the car to work today (85 miles on
> way) and the brakes
> work fine the pedal is firm. If the car sits, the
> condition returns ( I went
> for a ride at lunch time). I'm thinking about going
> straight to the inspector
> on my way home (when the system is working
> flawlessly), but my luck
> by the time he comes out to look at the car the
> system will act up again.
>
> Any ideas or comments is greatly appreciated.
> thanks
> Allan
>
>
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