Curt, How does the VCDS work? Is this the setup that links to the car using a laptop, link cable and specific software? I read in some TDI forums that this setup is needed to power the fuel pumps to properly prime the system when changing the fuel filter on my 2014 Beetle TDI. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
Sent from my cell > On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Again breaking in (see what I did there?) with car news. > Some of you might remember some months ago I replaced the rear brake pads and > calipers on the Golf I also free'd up the sticking caliper pins to make the > calipers actually work. > At the time I bled the brakes with my new power bleeder but the pedal travel > remained short and touchy. A lot of newer vehicles are like that and I hate > it. The repair instructions on myturbodiesel.com suggested using the VCDS (no > idea what it stands for, its the computer link to the car) to bleed the ABS > controller. I tried that but it didn't help. > Recently it occurred to me I was probably doing it wrong, so today while > trying to troubleshoot laggy turbo performance I ran through the ABS pump > output tests a couple times. Result: MUCH better pedal feel. So I'd managed > to bleed the air out of the calipers but air in the ABS pump itself was > giving me squishy brakes... > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
