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Was sick for a few days.. It has warmed up some here and I've noticed over the past few days that my brakes are working differently. when it is around 65 degrees or so there is no noticable issues (other than the ABS light coming on a half mile down the road), but when it gets up into the high 70's there is noticable spongy-ness in the brakes. When stopping they will slowly keep going to the floor. Once at the bottom the car doesn't move, but the hotter the car gets the less longer it takes to stop, or I have to push the pedal more.. Could this affect my ABS? I know ABS doesn't affect the main brakes, but could a faulty (perhaps master cylinder?) component in the main brakes affect the ABS? Thanks for any suggestions!! The pedal sinking to the floor is pretty classic for master cylinder |
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Yeah.. I'm thinking also the master cylinder is bad, perhaps I'll replace it this weekend. Man, this repair list on my car is growing fast!! I'm wondering though, if that would have an effect on the ABS not working. Is there a pressure test or something that could detect a faulty master cylinder and shut the ABS off? Mind you, the ABS only turns off after vehicle movement, not startup. My rear brakes make a rubbing noise, sorta like when you put new brakes pads on and they haven't mated w/ the rotors. I inspected the pads and they are fine, so I was wondering if the parking brake could need adjusting? Could this be causing the ABS 'turn off'? Thanks so much everyone... ====== |
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yeah, my email works. I have diagrams from a shop manual. Is it the same connector that the 'check engine' light uses? I'll look some more. would it be under the rug or something? I jumpered the connector that I found, but only the check engine light came on (did not flash). ======= |
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Hmmm, okay, I'll look. I tested my car in a long parking lot the other day and tried out some scenarios. There is no time related issue with the error. It is all speed related. As long as I stay below 10 MPH the light stays off. When I go above that it pops on, so I'm guessing it is a speed sensor. When I ohm'd out the speed sensors I got 0 ohms through one or two of them. Is that normal or acceptable? Could these be bad? I don't think the pump would be bad as there is no timeout issues with pressure or anything, but I guess I won't have anymore data until I check that connector. It'll have to wait a week, I'm away from my automobile. Thanks for the replies and help... |
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