D1 ABS diagnostics..

[DarrenW]

Hi All,

Had an ABS light up for a while on a 1997 Disco. Does it need a special reader to tell me what's wrong ? or more importantly is there someone in Melbourne that might be able to read the code for me ?

Believe it to be one of the sensors as I took them all out and reseated them a few months ago and the alarm went .... Now it's back but I'd rather go to the exact wheel not play a game of luck. Also is there a way to test a sensor ?

Thanks

Darren

[sierrafery]

Hi, you can plip test it, see attachment, disregard the V8 thing cos the ABS is the same regardless of engine type

[Leo109]

Great information.

"Straight to the pool room" or perhaps to The Good Oil?

[DarrenW]

All fixed,

Thanks to sierrafery for the PDF.

Just some pointers for those following the instructions.

The relay for mine (1997 manual) is under glove box it's a green one. You need to remove the black cardboard panel and then the nut to drop down the metal housing which contains a bunch of relays.

The DLC connector (OBD connector) is upside down to that shown in the document.

Darren

[PAT303]

Hi All,

Had an ABS light up for a while on a 1997 Disco. Does it need a special reader to tell me what's wrong ? or more importantly is there someone in Melbourne that might be able to read the code for me ?

Believe it to be one of the sensors as I took them all out and reseated them a few months ago and the alarm went .... Now it's back but I'd rather go to the exact wheel not play a game of luck. Also is there a way to test a sensor ?

Thanks

Darren

To check the sensors find a straight bit of dirt road and hammer the brakes,the wheel with the faulty one will lock up leaving a skid mark,the fronts go first normally because the leads twists when you steer breaking them. Pat

[Leo109]

To check the sensors find a straight bit of dirt road and hammer the brakes,the wheel with the faulty one will lock up leaving a skid mark,the fronts go first normally because the leads twists when you steer breaking them. Pat

So simple. So often we go looking for the complicated solution when a simple one is staring us in the face.

[BathurstTom]

If there is a problem with ABS on a Disco 1, locking up the brakes on a dirt road and looking for the faulty one won't work as if the ABS is faulty, the whole ABS goes down - i.e. none of the ABS works, you default back to the standard brakes. Use the blink test as first said - quite simple.

Tom.