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ive took the abs of my s2. help now needed

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Old 22-05-2005, 10:34 PM
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Ive stripped the car of the abs. the brakes wprk but the peddle is very spongy and travels really far. what could be causing this? ive bled the brakes, could it be that they need bleeding more?
Old 22-05-2005, 10:37 PM
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could have air in the brake piping?


bleed them again
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did ya bleed em where the caliper nipple was at the top, also bleed the rears then the fronts
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buy yourself a gunsons eezibleed kit .it will save so much time doing it manually, i tried in vain for a good couple of hours before getting the eezibleed kit.
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Originally Posted by bud-weis
buy yourself a gunsons eezibleed kit .it will save so much time doing it manually, i tried in vain for a good couple of hours before getting the eezibleed kit.
Is that the 1 you use with the air line if so my m8 has one and its easy as fook
As Ginge says tho do the rears then the front do them as many times as you fill like just to make sure

Ps i hate bleeding brakes i just get my m8 to do it
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i might just take it down the garage from me, they only charge a tenner. better than having to pis around again.
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