[V8] ABS Problem?

Ingo Rautenberg i.rautenberg at waratap.com
Wed May 10 20:40:36 EDT 2006


Jeremy,

You may very well have a sticking caliper (from my experience).  You  
can check either with your hand (after a short drive, of course) or  
an infrared temp meter to see if you have a sticking caliper.   
Compare both rears to each other and the same with the fronts.   
Fronts will be much hotter anyway.

HTH

Ingo
'84 urq - '91 V8 5 spd - '93 V8 - '90 V8 (project)



On May 10, 2006, at 8:04 PM, Jeremy Ward wrote:

> Full tank there, too.  Nothing (major) leaking under the car.
>
> I was thinking perhaps la bomba, but I replaced it with a new one  
> last fall.
> It had been sitting around for a while, but was new...
>
> Related question:
> Should I assume that if the check engine light is not on (mine is a
> California car) that means there are no codes?  Would an ABS code  
> show up by
> blink things out?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> - Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On  
> Behalf Of
> Ed Kellock
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:49 PM
> To: V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] ABS Problem?
>
> Low Pentosin?
>
> That same BRAKE light comes on when assist pressure is low.  The  
> pulsation
> is also consitent with inconsistent assist pressure being produced  
> by low
> fluid
>
> Ed
>
> On 5/10/06, Jeremy Ward <jward.v8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So I drove to work today and the car was behaving itself.  Got in  
>> it at
>> lunchtime and the (parking)brake light never went out on the  
>> dash.  This
>> can
>> sometimes be caused by low brake fluid, so I popped the hood -  
>> alles gut,
>> brake reservoir was full.
>>
>> Car seemed to drive normal at first, but after stepping on the  
>> brakes a
>> few
>> times, the brake pedal started to shutter (like when you dynamite the
>> brakes
>> and the ABS kicks in) and stopping distance was greatly  
>> increased.  If you
>> are sitting at a stoplight and press down the break pedal 'extra  
>> good', it
>> shudders then too (but not when you are holding your foot at a normal
>> pressure).
>>
>> Tried turning off the ABS switch on the dash - no difference.   
>> Checked all
>> the fuses - good.  Pulled the ABS relay - its fuse was good and  
>> the orange
>> AntiLock Off light came on.
>>
>> I am able to pull into parking spots OK so I don't think it is  
>> locking the
>> diff...  (that is a telltale sign of an ABS sensor, right?)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> - Jeremy
>>
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