Go under the back of the car to see the two grapefruit sized accumulators back there. With the engine off, crack loose one of the larger fittings and let the system bleed down. One bleed does both accumulators.
Take off the larger hose and put a phillips screwdriver into the hole in the end of the accumulator. If it goes in about 2" and stops, then that accumulator is good, go do the other one. If the screwdriver goes all the way in (>4"), then the bladder in the accumulator is blown and you will replace BOTH accumulators. It's that simple. Bad or good with one test.
Three bolts hold the accumulator in place, two fittings. Piece of cake. Buy the new accumulators from Jonathan and drive them for the next fifteen years.
Take off the larger hose and put a phillips screwdriver into the hole in the end of the accumulator. If it goes in about 2" and stops, then that accumulator is good, go do the other one. If the screwdriver goes all the way in (>4"), then the bladder in the accumulator is blown and you will replace BOTH accumulators. It's that simple. Bad or good with one test.
Three bolts hold the accumulator in place, two fittings. Piece of cake. Buy the new accumulators from Jonathan and drive them for the next fifteen years.
