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Over Heating Brakes
« on: 10 June 2008, 00:13:48 »
my mv6s brakes have gone crap within the last 2 weeks it all started when Mrs TMX's brother drove my mig and told me the GID said

"Brakes OverHeated Take Care" which i know is total nonsense as i have owned a fair few vauxhalls with Info displays and have never seen this message!

anyway i was driving at 70 and put the brakes on and heard a strange sort of droning noise its been doing this since i bought it in jan

today i brake to go down a hill quite sharp as some idiot had parked on a hill on a main road and nothing happens the pedal went a fair bit lower and i couldt feel the brakes much had to use the gears and the handbrake to stop !!!

and every time i drive along now and again i hear a high pitched squeeling noise even when not braking it sounds like its from the rear passenger side i have had the back pas side tyre off looked at the pads there is a fair bit of meat left in them and theres heavy scoring on the disc but i noticed the inner piston is stiffer than the outer

oh yeah and its down on power and the fuel economy is 21mpg!

advice would be greatly appreciated

TIA
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Re: Over Heating Brakes
« Reply #1 on: 10 June 2008, 07:47:19 »
sounds like one or more calipers is stuck and is overheating the brake fluid!!  free of the calipers and change brake fluid asap!!! then go from there :y
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Re: Over Heating Brakes
« Reply #2 on: 10 June 2008, 19:54:47 »
The MID/GID/CID/TID fitted to omega do not have functionality to give such a warning. He'd hammered it and knew he'd cooked them.

Do a full brake service, as it takes a bit of doing to overheat them...
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Re: Over Heating Brakes
« Reply #3 on: 10 June 2008, 21:57:20 »
cheers for the confirmation TB i didnt think the check control could produce such a warning!

yeah im going to overhaul em over the w.e looking at a mintex xtreme disc and pads off eGay i think my calipers are starting to die will any calipers fit off a 1998 on omega or do i need specific ones for my MV6?
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Re: Over Heating Brakes
« Reply #4 on: 10 June 2008, 22:05:07 »
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cheers for the confirmation TB i didnt think the check control could produce such a warning!

yeah im going to overhaul em over the w.e looking at a mintex xtreme disc and pads off eGay i think my calipers are starting to die will any calipers fit off a 1998 on omega or do i need specific ones for my MV6?
Same calipers fitted to all v6 and post 97 cars
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Re: Over Heating Brakes
« Reply #5 on: 10 June 2008, 22:06:07 »
Should add, rears, all prefacelifts the same, and all facelifts the same. Difference between prefacelift and facelift is the vented discs at the rear
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