anti lock and exercising

[menuserve]

a lot of people say they need to exercise their anti lock when the light comes on...


to what extent do you exercise them? 40 mph and lock em up... faster... slower.... etc... lock em up until a complete stop?

 

[Tony Montoya]

Whatever you like to do. Dry pavement will work if you brake hard enough. Wet pavement is better. Just be sure it's safe to stop. You don't need to stop completely, you will hear the anti-lock kick in. That should be enough exercise.

 

[Larry Bastanza]

If the light comes on, the system is disabled. You must turn the car off, and exercise within two minutes of it re-starting when the light is OFF. Sounds like you have a stuck selonoid.

Excercise, have two beers, call us in the morning to tell us how it worked out LOL...................................

HTH,
LarryB

 

[menuserve]

If the light comes on, the system is disabled. You must turn the car off, and exercise within two minutes of it re-starting when the light is OFF. Sounds like you have a stuck selonoid.

Excercise, have two beers, call us in the morning to tell us how it worked out LOL...................................

HTH,
LarryB

i think that was my problem... i exercised it while the light was on. time to try again, now i just need some rain

 

[Tony Montoya]

You could take it to Acura and have the electronic box hooked up to the glove-box. That unit will exercise the brake system and possibly unstick the solenoids. It's pretty neat fighting the brake pedal when the car is off.

 

[Briank]

Just exercising the ABS without flushing out the old fluid is not going to help much if you already have a sticky valve. Sticky valves are caused my the biannual maintenance not being done.