Antilock Light?
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From: Warner Robins GA
Antilock Light?
After flushing the brakes on my 88, I now sporadically get an antilock light as soon as I start the car. Typically it will go off when I get up to speed, and next time I start the car it might not be on there at all.
When I first got the car, it had a broken wheel sensor which caused the antilock light to come on. However it would be off when I first started the car and wouldn't come on until I got up to about 3 mph and it did the self check. Now however the Antilock light comes on immediately upon starting the car, so I'm pretty sure it's not the wheel sensor.
I should mention that I flushed the brakes because I replaced the master cylinder with a new (non-rebuilt) OEM master cylinder. I made absolutely sure to thoroughly bench bleed the MC before installing it, and I went through a bottle of brake fluid flushing the lines. There was no air coming through and all the fluid was coming out fresh at each wheel when I was finished.
I've already checked all my electrical connections to the ABS and verified the sensors look okay. What else will cause the Antilock light to come on immediately upon starting the car? Perhaps I didn't flush the lines as well as I thought? It did not do this prior to the MC replace/flush.
When I first got the car, it had a broken wheel sensor which caused the antilock light to come on. However it would be off when I first started the car and wouldn't come on until I got up to about 3 mph and it did the self check. Now however the Antilock light comes on immediately upon starting the car, so I'm pretty sure it's not the wheel sensor.
I should mention that I flushed the brakes because I replaced the master cylinder with a new (non-rebuilt) OEM master cylinder. I made absolutely sure to thoroughly bench bleed the MC before installing it, and I went through a bottle of brake fluid flushing the lines. There was no air coming through and all the fluid was coming out fresh at each wheel when I was finished.
I've already checked all my electrical connections to the ABS and verified the sensors look okay. What else will cause the Antilock light to come on immediately upon starting the car? Perhaps I didn't flush the lines as well as I thought? It did not do this prior to the MC replace/flush.
