Thread: ABS touble

No and they locked up on the dry road with the old worn tyres that were on it.

Fluid at the calipers is very clean and new looking. dose it need a power bleed to bleed the abs.

Should I take the modulator apart to clean up the valves before I bleed the brakes as I am in the middle of a caliper reco.

If so will I need any parts?

cheers

Matt

Was the ABS pump running whilst the wheels were locked? I suppose it might be hard to hear with the wheels skidding.

Don't take the modulator apart to clean the valves. Do a power bleed (with the ignition off) with a wire with a spade connector on each end (or a lead with a switch on the end) in place of the ABS pump relay. This will run the ABS pump and draw fluid through all its valves as you open and close the bleed nipples. If there is dirty fluid it may take quite an amount of fluid to clean it up properly so be sure to keep an eye on the reservoir fluid level as is can be consumed quite quickly.

Thanks Graeme

I will do all of this when I get my new disks.... DBA out of stock for a week.

Has anyone used Dot5.1 brake fluid?

Cheers

Matt

Originally Posted by Pauly85

yeah i had the same issue with mine, someone had removed the lense off of the instrument cluster, then removed the needles and dials, and put black tape over the 3 warning lights, can you imagine how happy i was to find this non factory accessory?

Thats almost more effort than fixing it....!

Originally Posted by mattg

Thanks Graeme

I will do all of this when I get my new disks.... DBA out of stock for a week.

Has anyone used Dot5.1 brake fluid?

Cheers

Matt

im using castrol super dot 4 (silver bottle protector series) wich is suitable for dot 5.1 aplications, when I replaced the shuttle valve switch with the falconworks kit i did a power bleed and the original repco dot 4 came out like foam where as the castrol was clear and foam free.
I could not recomend it enough, braking response stays firm to the point of the pads smoking and it will still stop on a dime.
hope this healps.
cheers
mick

Originally Posted by wanglemoose

im using castrol super dot 4 (silver bottle protector series) wich is suitable for dot 5.1 aplications, when I replaced the shuttle valve switch with the falconworks kit i did a power bleed and the original repco dot 4 came out like foam where as the castrol was clear and foam free.
I could not recomend it enough, braking response stays firm to the point of the pads smoking and it will still stop on a dime.
hope this healps.
cheers
mick

Hi Mick

What is the Falconworks Ki?

matt

Originally Posted by Graeme

Was the ABS pump running whilst the wheels were locked? I suppose it might be hard to hear with the wheels skidding.

Don't take the modulator apart to clean the valves. Do a power bleed (with the ignition off) with a wire with a spade connector on each end (or a lead with a switch on the end) in place of the ABS pump relay. This will run the ABS pump and draw fluid through all its valves as you open and close the bleed nipples. If there is dirty fluid it may take quite an amount of fluid to clean it up properly so be sure to keep an eye on the reservoir fluid level as is can be consumed quite quickly.

where abouts in the ABS Relay. I am up to bleeding the brakes.

CHeers

Matt

Originally Posted by mattg

where abouts in the ABS Relay. I am up to bleeding the brakes.

CHeers

Matt

Try here.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...irst-post.html
There are also some other useful threads about this but I can't find them right now. Possibly in the Good Oil section.