I wonder if there is an equivalent operation to activate / bleed the ABS system on my 124 cars? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On August 16, 2016 2:11:22 PM EDT, 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
