[V8] ABS Problem?

[Jeremy Ward]

Would a stuck caliper cause the vehicle to slow down if you took your foot
off the gas?  Would the red brake light come on on the cluster?

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check it out.

- Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Ingo Rautenberg [mailto:i.rautenberg at waratap.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:41 PM
To: Jeremy Ward
Cc: 'Ed Kellock'; V8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] ABS Problem?

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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