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- (!) in red - comes on sometimes during braking, accelerating or cornering. I have checked the fluid level and all is well. Does anyone know what the prob may be? It first did it Sat morning, but then I did a whole trackday with no issues and the light never came on (hard use) but then in the evening on the way home when the going was more gentle it did it again once or twice........?....admittedly nearer min than max....should it be neared the top then?.....cheers top up your brake fluid- topped it right up. Will have to go for a drive soon to test...............having once got them so low I ended up with metal on metal!!!!..will post when find out if it has helped This requires more brake fluid to go to the calipers than when the pads are newer. More brake fluid in calipers = less in resivoir = warning light! 
Yeah, that makes perfect sense - also explains a lot. The trackday would have worn the pads a lot, and therefore presented the situation you explain......Alex O wrote:Ahhh, I see.
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... It's easier than trying to syphon/extract the fluid from the resevoir.
Slarty wrote:Alex O wrote:Ahhh, I see.
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Just be careful that as and when you do replace the pads, the excess fluid needs to go somewhere.
I usually undo the bleed nipple with a pipe over it to a container and letting the fluid run to waste.
HTH.
PS you'll need to bleed the cailper if you follow the method I described
- I realise that - you would have thought they could design a system where full fluid and new pads was still ok (level-wise) when the pads were used up....