| Re: How do you flush the ABS? |
Subject: Re: How do you flush the ABS? by Fluff on 2009/8/4 14:14:14 The saga continues guys. Sorry in advance this is a long post, but I'm looking for inspiration, inebriation or just a bit of basic advice. After reading the book, the first conclusion I came to was the lights (dash 'Check Brakes and DIC Service ASR & ABS) are all switched by the master cylinder resovoir level sensor also I'd failed to 'prime' the master cyl. In a flurry of non-genius thought, I reckoned that going back and priming the master cyl would cure all my problems... wrong!!!. So back to the book to discover another process I missed (although from my reading, I shouldn't need to do it), but... 'bleed the master' cyl. So this is going to be my next step, but the book is confusing me a little, it say's:- Blah, blah, blah ...... disconnect the forward (blind end) brake pipe connection at the master cylinder. Then later goes on to say:- Blah, blah, blah ...... repeat steps and bleed the rear (cowl) connection. Now there is only two connections on the master cylinder and they are logically front & rear on the master cylinder (aspect of looking at the car) so I'd be happy thinking I know what the book is talking about, but... why is the book saying blind end and cowl and what does it mean???. It's making me wonder if I'm looking at the correct pipes!. Am I right in thinking that the book is saying bleed at the two connections on the master cylinder? Moving on in the process the book says to loosen these connections and press the pedal in the normal bleeding fashion until all the air is expelled. There no mention of using a bleed tube or anything (just loosen the connections), so does this mean that fluid is likely to squirt everywhere and how can you tell if the air is expelled if it just squirting out of a loose connection?. Will this be obvious with some kind of gurgling and f@rting? Sorry if this is really basic, but wanna do it right and the book ain't helping. Of course I'm gonna have rags etc handy, but I don't fancy brake fluid squirting all over the place, so anyone tell me what all this means in the real world. @ Andy. I was writing my message while you posted, so I'm now off to check your link. |
