190E brake warning light

[olliecampbell]

Hi All,

I've had a search and couldn't find anything related so here goes:

I've just replaced the rear pads, discs and brake lines (including the hard ones - god that was hard, corrosion-r-us!) on my 190E. I bled all the brakes, fronts included.
I now seem to have the 'brake fluid low/parking brake' light on all the time even though the handbrake is down/off.

The fluid level is topped up and I made sure it was when bleeding. The reservoir does look slightly strange though. If you're looking at it from the drivers side of the engine bay...the front half is up to the 'max' level but the rear of the reservoir is below the 'low' level. Should it be like this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[television]

All I can think of is that the 2 lamps are connected and that you only have one fault, the fluid should be level in the tank

 

[olliecampbell]

All I can think of is that the 2 lamps are connected and that you only have one fault, the fluid should be level in the tank

I couldn't understand how it wasn't level either. Had a poke around with my finger in the reservoir but couldn't feel anything that could move or was stuck!

 

[television]

The stop lamp switch is on the brake pedal, could this have become out of adjustment with all of the pumping

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[olliecampbell]

Thanks. Does that same warning light mean that the rear brake lights could not be working as well?
I haven't checked those yet, but presumed that the warning lights would be related to a rear handbrake sensor (if there is one!?) or the strange fluid levels in the reservoir.

 

[television]

There will not be any rear pad wear sensors on that car, you do have a parking brake on switch, that could be coupled to the tank

The parking brake switch must be around the pull up lever or operated from the fulcrum point on the cables

 

[olliecampbell]

OK no change on my part, but the lights now gone out! 'til next time you pesky warning light!

 

[Number_Cruncher]

>>the front half is up to the 'max' level but the rear of the reservoir is below the 'low' level. Should it be like this?

No!

It needs some more fluid in. The tank has an internal partition, to keep the fluid reservoirs for each brake circuit seperate. As you pour fluid in, it fills one reservoir, and then overflows into the other one. As you add more fluid, the reservoir which is currently on max won't get any more full until the level in the other reservoir catches up.

 

[olliecampbell]

Hmm strange. That's what I thought, I went well above the 'MAX' line when filling it, but it made no difference!

Oh well, all is well now. But thanks for the info!