Brake Pump Actuator

Real common and if you made it this far you should buy both of the pieces with the maximum discount you can get and I guess count your blessings or pay for the same repair in the shop twice whatever makes you happy It doesn't matter about your side hustle and your tool collection and all of that I promise and if you've made it this far. What's happened with the head gasket and the engine and that sort of thing but I guess

 

Don't get too worried before you have to. There is an electric pump in the system, and its job is to run and pump brake fluid, and that's the sound you hear when you open the driver door. It is not a problem when the part is just doing its job. It also runs again every few times you've used the brakes. Doing its job. Perfectly normal.

It can be a problem if you hear the same sound happening too many other times. That's a different story. But don't just listen to a video that has the sound of the pump in it and think "omigosh that's what failure sounds like!". It's just what the pump sounds like, doing its job.

When somebody talking about a gen 3 brake system says "both pieces", they mean these:



The pump is in the bottom one, most of the bits that can wear out are in the top one, but they're very interdependent, so when there ever is a problem, it's usually not just obvious which piece is at fault.

 

I've been on the fence about just ordering a brake actuator now for when the time comes. Just did a head gasket and plan to keep my car as long as possible. It's the down time mostly from shipping that kills me on a major repair and my dealership is the king of the markup so I try to avoid them.

That said, it shows no signs of failing at over 220k miles. I've done a few DIY brake flushes over years, I also wonder if 'using' it helps much. Like getting yourself in braking scenarios that cause the actuator valves to get used. We didn't get much snow this year so I never had my actuator 'actuate' in a ABS situation, which in my mind would probably be good for it to get fluid flowing. Who knows though?

I'm surprised no-one seems to have done a breakdown on one of these.

Also curious, is the part updated at this point? If I buy a new one is it different from the original one in my car?

 

If I recall correctly, one of the businesses often mentioned here (Hybrid Pit Stop?) has advertised 'rebuilt' ones (or a service to 'rebuild' yours), though when I looked for further info it seemed a bit closemouthed and proprietary about what they do. Pictures were pretty.

 

Yeah there's a guy in Florida that was advertising on eBay that claimed the same thing and when I questioned him about it he sent me a bunch of photographs of his rig somewhere in Florida lower Georgia I'm not really sure I ordered two pieces from him this is for the generation 2 now and they worked flawlessly still are working flawlessly I have one sitting here on the bench I'm going to try and break it down and see if anything makes any kind of sense I would think too that either of these things generation 2 or 3 should not be any big deal to rebuild companies used to rebuild similar looking devices on BMW Lamborghini and other high-end vehicles in the '80s when this ABS mess first started. I remember BMW owners being tasked with paying five and $6,000 for this ABS pump and all that rigging from Bosch.

 

do you have his info, I would need my gen 2 actuator rebuilt or replaced

 

He just literally vanished into thin air He sent me two pieces of the brake actuator assembly stamped marked and blah blah blah both of them worked flawlessly I went back to order two or three more and could not find this human being anywhere I will look in my eBay mess and see if I can possibly figure out his name or whatever and get it to you but the last time I looked everything even the history just was not in my eBay files I don't understand it how can he just disappear like that You know out of my already purchased or purchased history I just don't get it I don't think it's on my end because I can look at eBay purchases I made Jesus Christ almost 20 years ago.

 

sounds like his ebay account was closed or changed name

 

Something weird happened I don't know what I just don't understand how his receipt to me on eBay just vanishes out of my history I don't care what happens to the company or the person my validation of my purchase date and all of that should remain in my eBay history It is like I never bought this freaking thing and I have two of them sitting right here I'm staring at.