Common parts failures on older Golfs?

> That is the MC failure-mode problem. The "OH-SH*T" failure-mode is
> when the brakes fail on the downhill due to boiling fluid... THAT is
> the primary reason to flush the stuff, not to protect the master or
> slave cylinders. As it happens, they fail for any number of reasons
> mostly well before rust becomes an issue. Now, water does attack ABS
> pumps, and way before average-failure mode, so for ABS, flushing is
> both OH-SH*T and major $$ avoidance-behavior.

OK this sounds just like the kind of required maintenance that I have
accidentally neglected. Many thanks for the heads up, will have the brake
fluid changed ASAP.

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Jem Berkes
www.sysdesign.ca