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I have a 2000 C5 coupe and I can't get the air out of the ABS module. I bought a Foxwell NT650 Elite (I would not recommend it) since I saw it have the ability to do auto bleeding on a newer Camaro but the only feature it displayed for my car was "Automatic Test". I read through a lot of posts on this forum for which scanner does auto-bleeding and the closest I can determine that works is the GM Tech II but it might not work on a 2000 for some reason. Does anyone know a sure fire scanner that does auto bleeding (or procedure) to fully bleed (including the ABS module) for my year car?
I'd like to share a tip. I bought mufflers and wanted to put them on myself, but I found out after the fact that you have to raise rear of the car 4 feet to get them out/in. I don't have a lift so I was going to bring it to a muffler shop. But while replacing my rear brake lines which you have to lower the rear suspension it gave me enough room to easily install them. Lowering the rear suspension is not hard to do.
I had to replace my abs pump sevetal months ago. I grabbed this off amazon. Worked perfectly. Performs all kinds of tests and functions. Great for a diy'er.
I ran the bleed process with this scanner on a 1999 silverado with the same outcome. I dont think year is an issue. Should work on all obdii vehicles with abs.
If you want to bleed the ABS unit on your 2000 car you need to choose year 1998 (may 1999 work) because the Tech2 og tech2 win does not have Automated Bleed available within the 2000 Chassis menu .
When I replaced brake fluid on my 2000 car I had to choose 1998 year in order to be able to flush my EBCM with fresh brakefluid .
If I recall correct the pump run approx . 30 sec on each caliper when bleeding
I have the Foxwell tool and it works great on my '03.
If you cannot get it by changing the year, you can get the ABS to cycle as you bleed if you do it while running. Put the car on jack stands and let it run in 6th gear at idle (or about 25-30mph if you have an automatic). With a motive bleeder applying some pressure on the master cylinder, crack open the rear bleeders one at a time. You can hear the RPM dip as the AH is trying to apply the brakes and cycle the ABS pump. Do not wear loose clothing while doing it though, lol.
I'm a little chicken about running the wheels at 25 mph and bleeding the brakes; I might end up bleeding, lol.
I've been emailing ThinkScan (actually Kingbolen) and thier engineer said my car only does manual bleed. I replied by asking if was thier was a change GM made between 2000 to 2001. I haven't gotten a reply yet. I also asked if there was an option to manually actuate the solenoids.
"Our engineers say that your car does not need a scanner to complete the ABS exhaust.
Maybe you should ask the chevrolet manufacturer, thereby determining exactly what your car is going to do!"
After that reply I read the manual and it says to use a scanner tool to bleed the ABS module. I'm getting to the point where I rather bypass the ABS\TCS entirely. Ugh.
Do what you want and I don't know how good the thinkscan people are but I swear by that tool. I've used it on many different makes and models of vehicles for brake bleeds and many other things. It's way more advanced that most of the cheap scan tools. It worked great for me.
2000 C5 ABS Auto Bleeding\Installing Mufflers
