Thread: 3 Amigo's after 220k..

Ean

Can only speak from my own experience but yes, they came sporadically with my D2 (180k's). First it was one or two very quick visits then slightly more often and hung around longer but always disappeared when the car was turned off and back on again. A couple of times they hung around for a while and would not go away for extended periods.
In all such events however, the brakes worked as normal, I even tried a couple of emergency stops when safe to do so just to test them, no problems, even felt the pulsing.
They would come at any time, soft braking to turn corners, cruising the highway at the speed limit, even when in car parks.
Eventually went away all together and I haven't had a visit for a few months.
Sort of like some of the annoying people you meet in life at times

Cheers
Mick

Hi Ean
You can read/clear the faults without your laptop.
With the ignition on the run position with engine off.
Disable instrument mode
use the side arrow key to find Disco Slabs
press the ent key
Nanocom should ask do you want to read fault codes ent for yes
it will list them 1 at a time,at the end it will ask if you want them saved.
one more press of the side arrow should ask if want to clear.
I checked one yesterday for Taz,shuttle valve fault intermittent 254 times,he had 3 amigoes once.
Goodluck
Andrew

Hi Ean,
I had this problem with my vehicle at or around 250/260k Km's.
I found it was a dirty connection at the connectors from the wheel sensor in the engine bay. They are a pain to disconnect as they have from memory a double o ring to keep clean. I found one of the terminals starting to go green....I cleaned this terminal & did all 4 sensors & never had the problem again. It may be a sensor that has died or a broken wire, the new sensors are now a one piece unit that goes directly from the hub to the SLABS ecu behind the glovebox. It gets rid of this connection that can sometimes be a problem.

Cheers

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hi Ean
You can read/clear the faults without your laptop.
With the ignition on the run position with engine off.
Disable instrument mode
use the side arrow key to find Disco Slabs
press the ent key
Nanocom should ask do you want to read fault codes ent for yes
it will list them 1 at a time,at the end it will ask if you want them saved.
one more press of the side arrow should ask if want to clear.
I checked one yesterday for Taz,shuttle valve fault intermittent 254 times,he had 3 amigoes once.
Goodluck
Andrew

Gday Andrew,
After alot of stuffing around I just did what you said, and I had the exact same reading..Intermit shuttle v/v fault 254 times..

Now I need to just spend some more time playing with it and learn more about it

Thanks and Cheers Ean

Hi Ean
I wonder if the Slabs computer can only count to 254.
Tazs D2a had 254 counts on the shuttle valve,Ive had 254 counts on a rh front speed sensor in the past and cleared a 254 cout on a lh rear speed sensor yesterday on mine.
A tip to keep the shuttle valves in order,regularly find a steep hill,even bitumen and use the HDC.I do mine every couple of weeks.
Goodluck
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hi Ean
I wonder if the Slabs computer can only count to 254.
Tazs D2a had 254 counts on the shuttle valve,Ive had 254 counts on a rh front speed sensor in the past and cleared a 254 cout on a lh rear speed sensor yesterday on mine.
A tip to keep the shuttle valves in order,regularly find a steep hill,even bitumen and use the HDC.I do mine every couple of weeks.
Goodluck
Andrew

Hey Andrew,
Was thinking the same thing maybe it runs out of things to count at 254 so it looses count and needs to start all over again
Mine also had something about the rear height level but its a coil sprung car so not sure about that.
Will need to read the manual alot more as the car is due to get the brake fluid changed so I have read you can do a power bleed using nanocom.

That should be interesting, they sure are alot different to boats, I changed the fuel press reg the other day, and was due to clean the inlet manifold, so did them both at the same time, glad I didnt try and do the FPR with the manifold on, think I might still be there.

Im used to manifolds and engine blocks you can get your hands in, not these ones where you need a 10y/o size hand..Oh well its all fun and good to learn.
Getting on the big Silver Budgie tonight, so have a happy and safe new year and catch up when we get back..

Thanks and Cheers Ean

no-one heard of binary counting, 0 to 254. its computer speak. sounds to me the amigos show when the binary counter runs out at 254. i figure this is why i get the amigos show up more often in long trips than short trips. each time the alarm is set it resets the slabs ecu . but on a long drive theres more chance of hitting 254 faults in 1 drive.

Yep, when ever Ive had the fault appear, its 254 times. But I'm sure it done it without the car moving.

Ean, run the power bleed with the Nanocom, with your foot pressing hard on the brake pedal. Do this two or three times. Than run the test on each wheel, again pressing hard on the brake pedal.
It will make a God orfull noise and push back against your foot.
This activates all the ABS valves and will move the fluid and hopefully bleed any air out of the modulator.