My petrol savvy car does that, cause is ex valve seals go hard.
Modern diesel engines cut the injectors on the overrun so no fuel is supplied.
Use dot5.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CERCUMSTANCES USE DOT 5 IN A DUCATO'S BRAKE SYSTEM.
Please inform why not?
I have used dot5 in my 911`s mitsubishi 9 and tommi rs ect for years,obviously you have to completely flush and clean your system before use,all brake fluids are synthetic and it depends on the additives within,maybe my mistake and should have said 5.1 dot if mixing with dot 3/4 that are soluble but as stated i have used dot 5 after extreme cleaning out the old fluids. I know there are very many savvay folk in our great club but with serious info on mechanical info please check with the auto manufacturor. If i could prove drinking red bull gave you wings,would you drink it?
Guy Martin gets 100,000 miles from a set of front pads on his Transit. He got really cross when he let his dad drive a bit when they were both going somewhere. The skill of not using your brakes on normal roads is all down to forward observation, as you are taught in advanced driving. There was a complaint in MMM some years ago where someone bought a new motorhome and at its first service (8,000 miles I think) they were charged for new front brakes and pads. When complaining they were shown the old bits and were told that if they continued to brake at every bend in the road, that is what will continue to happen. It is possible to drive long distances without using the brakes at all if you observe what other traffic is doing, take a guess at when the lights are going to change, and so on. None of the above applies to the Alps or Pyrennees of course, you just have to stop at every layby / viewpoint and have a cup of tea. I was in an old Burstner Mk1 Ducato coming down an Alp with engine screaming in first gear, brake down to 10mph - let brakes off - engine screams to whoknowwhat (there was no rev counter) - brake down to 10 again, repeat for 40 minutes and at the bottom I was faced with approaching a T junction. I could not stop, I just had to swing the steering wheel round and luckily nothing was coming and I vowed to renew all the brakes when I got home.
Lawrence of Arabia bought lots of Brough Superiors. Each one was tested before it was sold to make sure it would do at least 100mph. Lawrence used the indisputible theory that the safest way to go through a cross roads was to go at full speed. The logic is that you will spend the least possible amount of time in the path of other traffic and therefore less likely to have an accident.How do you expect your brakes to cool down if you don't go above 20 mph.
You have to go as fast as possible on the straight to get as much air as possible round the discs, then bang on your brakes at the last minute for the hairpins, if you do it right all tyres will be screeching, then floor it till the next corner.
Obviously no-one should use this method.
So that's why he was never world campion.
That goes for me too.So that's why he was never world campion.
In alpine areas the remedy is decendong more slowly in a lower gear, obs, but more realistic is the vacuum brake option.
i Try to keep the brakes as cool as poss, brake on brake off repeatedly on long steep inclines. At least they are discs all around unlike many not do cheap car brands with with primative drums on the rear not even any cooling fins.
Valve stem oil seals?