Pedro_The_Swift
7th November 2009, 08:38 AM
I finally got around to trying out Greame’s “power bleed” on the D2,,
And it works like magic!
One minute I have brakes and the next their gone!
:D
A good ¾ turn of the bleeding nipple and the pump pushes fluid through at an alarming rate.
You can hear the difference when you load the pump up to when you release the nipple.
But seriously folks the system works fine IF your Modulator is OK,,
Mines obviously not,,,,
There are 4 outlets on the ABS Mod and two solenoids,, one solenoid controls the Front Pass and Rear Drivers and so on,,
Upon release of the FP and RD bleed nipple I get nada out and the pump runs/sounds loaded,,
Removing and cleaning said nipples brought the same result.
I then bled the FP and RD normally and got half a pedal, (I will re-bleed these today hoping a bigger volume of fluid may cleanse the problem.)
There were NO Amigo lights,, still aren’t. I’ve intentionally activated the ABS on the front left, the dash light comes on but needed a passenger to feel if the pump worked.(will try again today with Mrs Pedro as pump test dummy:p)
Can I ASSUME the following?
If there is just the ONE pump and the solenoids decide which wheels gets pumped, then the Modulator is OK and its a solenoid sticking problem?
The initial release of brake fluid on both the FD and RP was a horrible dirty black colour,, but ran clean then until the colour changed. I thought there may have been a second black phase as the fluid in the Mod came out---
Otherwise, why would the solenoid stop working?
This all a good thing by the way,,,
With no dash lights there would be no way for me to know I only have half of my ABS until I really needed it,, and even then, I’m not sure if the difference would make itself known,,
I have already talked to some clever people on here but thought a public hearing may bring different ideas.
And it works like magic!
One minute I have brakes and the next their gone!
:D
A good ¾ turn of the bleeding nipple and the pump pushes fluid through at an alarming rate.
You can hear the difference when you load the pump up to when you release the nipple.
But seriously folks the system works fine IF your Modulator is OK,,
Mines obviously not,,,,
There are 4 outlets on the ABS Mod and two solenoids,, one solenoid controls the Front Pass and Rear Drivers and so on,,
Upon release of the FP and RD bleed nipple I get nada out and the pump runs/sounds loaded,,
Removing and cleaning said nipples brought the same result.
I then bled the FP and RD normally and got half a pedal, (I will re-bleed these today hoping a bigger volume of fluid may cleanse the problem.)
There were NO Amigo lights,, still aren’t. I’ve intentionally activated the ABS on the front left, the dash light comes on but needed a passenger to feel if the pump worked.(will try again today with Mrs Pedro as pump test dummy:p)
Can I ASSUME the following?
If there is just the ONE pump and the solenoids decide which wheels gets pumped, then the Modulator is OK and its a solenoid sticking problem?
The initial release of brake fluid on both the FD and RP was a horrible dirty black colour,, but ran clean then until the colour changed. I thought there may have been a second black phase as the fluid in the Mod came out---
Otherwise, why would the solenoid stop working?
This all a good thing by the way,,,
With no dash lights there would be no way for me to know I only have half of my ABS until I really needed it,, and even then, I’m not sure if the difference would make itself known,,
I have already talked to some clever people on here but thought a public hearing may bring different ideas.