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Old 07-26-2017, 07:56 PM   #1
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As I've thought about this more, I noticed a curious thing about the bleeding tonight. I got almost no air out of the system. I saw one or two tiny bubbles but nothing larger than a sand grain sized bubble. Since I did open the system up to replace the valve, I figured there'd be more air in the line. It makes me think that air is getting trapped in the ABS system and not bleeding out. I don't have a durametric to actuate it. In the past few weeks, I take the car for a hard drive and make sure the ABS kicks on. I've assumed that is enough to purge the ABS of air. But now I wonder if there isn't air still stuck in there....
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Old 07-27-2017, 07:01 AM   #2
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As I've thought about this more, I noticed a curious thing about the bleeding tonight. I got almost no air out of the system. I saw one or two tiny bubbles but nothing larger than a sand grain sized bubble. Since I did open the system up to replace the valve, I figured there'd be more air in the line. It makes me think that air is getting trapped in the ABS system and not bleeding out. I don't have a durametric to actuate it. In the past few weeks, I take the car for a hard drive and make sure the ABS kicks on. I've assumed that is enough to purge the ABS of air. But now I wonder if there isn't air still stuck in there....
IIRC, with the basic ABS system, its a regular system bleed/flush. Nothing to activate
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