And what if that vacuum check valve fails or hangs up in a retro system YOU installed on your car?...........................And the suits will come after who?
HA HA........ Great question above! You know what I know. Oh GM is so stupid....Yeah Right. They just spend their days looking for ways to get into lawsuits. Or do they?...... Thank you for this much needed question.
I'll keep my Powermaster thank you. I have no problems now that I know how it works and how to maintain it. Before the accumulator fails (the most common) it gives you a few warning signs. When it does fail completely the dash light comes on. If you are smart you will stop and unplug the connector on the switch behind the resevoir. This way you save the pump from overheating and you will only need to replace ONE part.... Sure the pedal is a hard to push. So!.... You don't need to spend so much time the next time at the gym working your right leg muscles.
Want to avoid all this?
Preemptively buy a new accumulator before your car's goes south. Put a date on it in grease pencil or paint and do it again before two years are up. (Don't know how to replace it? PM me! I've done it many times and it isn't hard at all.)
If not, good luck with that "the brakes went out" thing.
Just like anything else in your brakes system. Almost all parts are sacrifical in that they have a timed life.
It is your life and your wallet. Roll the dice well grasshopper!
Dennis, I see a little of what you go through now. Geez