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Offline adyh

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #10 on: 02 April 2007, 14:17 »
Where do you live ? Im in london , but someone with it may be near you .

Offline Camboose

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #11 on: 02 April 2007, 14:22 »
I live in Worcester. Would be great if someone nearby could help me.

Offline Stuad70

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #12 on: 03 April 2007, 14:13 »
I have similar worries and did consider the question you poised but TBH I think my safety and the safety of others would suggest replacement / cleaning. The sensors are around £60 I think. For the diagnostics I would pop over to yell.com and search for Garage Services in your area and get on the phone. Mines OSR. A "how to clean the ABS sensors" with pictures would be very much appreciated as would prefer to try this tack first..

Anyone done this ? A lot of my local garages have suggested the sensor "may" just be dirty..

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #13 on: 03 April 2007, 14:16 »
Why not buy a fault code reader instead of going to a garage as you can buy the reader for about £30 and this will come in handy for the future
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Offline adyh

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #14 on: 03 April 2007, 14:20 »
They definately pay for themselves .

Offline Camboose

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #15 on: 03 April 2007, 18:09 »
Where would I get a reader from? Are the shareware ones on ebay good enough to tell me which sensor it is? How hard would it be to test the sensors with a voltmeter??
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Offline monkeyalan

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #16 on: 03 April 2007, 18:40 »
you can test them with a voltmeter.
theres a post somewhere telling you what the resistance should be. the fronts can be tested using the connector on the  strut and the rears are under the back seat.

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ABS light
« Reply #17 on: 03 April 2007, 19:29 »
Can you explain exactly how to test? Do you know what the resistances should be? Is it easy to loacte the connectors? Cheers

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Re: ABS light
« Reply #18 on: 03 April 2007, 20:57 »