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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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Mine keeps flickering on and off and makes a kind of buzzing noise at the same time, really pissing me off

Any idea's what is the problem???
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 01:37 PM
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What car mate?

You could be really rough and take the ABS bulb out
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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S2 ESRT, i was gonna do that but think it will still buzz
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 01:44 PM
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LOL, i was only joking u cant take the bulb out

Buzzing? I dont see what there is to buzz to be fair, its mechanical ABS, im sure all the light does is connect to the belt break sensors, so the light should only ever come on if either the belt breaks or ive also heard that the switches get flicked out?

I've never had this ABS (and never will i might add) so i cant pin point anything

Im sure someone else that knows about it will see this post soon enough........hoping
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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prbably the belt sensors are playing up,they will be on constantl if the belt has broken!! dont know what the buzzing is though
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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Could be the abs relay,where is the buzzing coming from ?
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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Take the belt sensors out and put a cable tie round them see if that stops you problem.


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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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KSA-Cossie: Very true there is a relay isnt there good thinking
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 02:27 PM
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From memory it's in the fusebox.
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Cheers fella's, i'll have a look tomorowat work
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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Could be the tension on the belts needs adjusting..............
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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mine did this mate, pain in the fuckin ass when it start flickering and ticking.....

replace the belts is the correct way of doing it, alternatively cut the fuckers in half or otherwise bypass the abs feed
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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how do i bypass the ABS??
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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just had mine done its the abs belts either they are loose or fooked driveshafts out job and a real pain the buzzing sound is a clicking sound that the relay is making there is a way to stop the clicking sound by bridging the wires together that comes from one of the abs pumps. Will put up a pic tomorrow of which wire it is if you are still stuck
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