I always do my own brake fluid changes every 2 years but ideally I'd like to run the ABS pump to do a full flush this time.

 

Is there a basic tool that can do this? I see the scan tools are all around £600 but I only need it for this task.

 

If its going to be too expensive I'll just carry on with normally bleeding out. The times I took it to different VW or Skoda workshops they either just topped up the fluid or did nothing. Its a job they want to skip I feel. Last time brakes felt worse as somehow they got bubbles in the line to the offside rear. 

 

Thanks for any suggestions. 

VCDS Lite (freeware) in its registered form (99USD) with a cheap FTDI/KKL cable  (<£20) will do it I think; but there's really no need unless you know air has somehow been allowed into the ABS pump.

11 minutes ago, Pete_Ex-Wino said:

VCDS Lite (freeware) in its registered form (99USD) with a cheap FTDI/KKL cable  (<£20) will do it I think; but there's really no need unless you know air has somehow been allowed into the ABS pump.

Definitely no air. Brakes feel great. Just I hear about cycling the ABS for completely changing the fluid. Not sure if it's important but it's mentioned in the workshop manual. 

Up to you, but bear in mind that the same workshop manual suggests in the context of rear shoe fitment:

 

❑ Cover the whole contact surface of the brake shoe with solid lubricant paste - G 000 650-

 

I'd love to know how many apprentices have taken that the wrong way

 

😁

I remember tales from my apprentice days of thing the stores did not stock. Long stands etc. I remember the tale of one apprentice being sent round a BT exchange ,from basement to 2nd floor to find a soldering iron to melt Tinned copper wire".

Many ,many years ago( sounds like a tale from Police Academy ?) I read in one of the old motoring mags about a garage tale that someone checked brake fluid and noticed the level was low. (Days of when brake fluid was green). "OH washing up liquid is green-that'll do " .Till brake failure.

But I've found recently that an Eezie bleed ( or equivalent) does the job.

Years ago I got a Quik place ( no not that one) to replace my rear brake shoes after MOT handbrake fail. They took out the old shoes and waited for new parts. Back at MOT place, I asked them to bleed brakes.

These days, I have a son, who is mechanically inclined (as the old joke goes, he's got a few kids), but in his younger days he went on work placements to some not so good places.

But he's amazed at how easy it is to sort out brake line problems with Eezie bleed. I used to swear by self bleeding nipples in the days pre ABS.

 

Edited 29 April, 20224 yr by VWD

^ When I was 18 and working at a Ford dealership I was sent to the stores to ask for ''three blue sky hooks''. I argued that there was no such thing but the boss got arsey with me and said they were for fitting car radios and to get my arse there and get them! So I duly went and asked for them. Needless to say, the storeman had a good laugh at my expense

On 27/04/2022 at 13:34, Tailhappy said:

Definitely no air. Brakes feel great. Just I hear about cycling the ABS for completely changing the fluid. Not sure if it's important but it's mentioned in the workshop manual. 

 

OCD madness, there'll be about a teaspoonful left in the ABS valve block dead ends, irrelevant.

Just like the loonies chasing a few ml of old oil when they're changing 5L of the stuff, save the OCD guff for the therapist.

3 hours ago, TMB said:

^ When I was 18 and working at a Ford dealership I was sent to the stores to ask for ''three blue sky hooks''. I argued that there was no such thing but the boss got arsey with me and said they were for fitting car radios and to get my arse there and get them! So I duly went and asked for them. Needless to say, the storeman had a good laugh at my expense

 

Primary teacher I had sent a lad in my class to go and get a tin of paint from the janitor.

 

Another cracker is a 'long stand' or a bucket of compressed air.

4 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

Primary teacher I had sent a lad in my class to go and get a tin of paint from the janitor.

 

Another cracker is a 'long stand' or a bucket of compressed air.

 

A school mate of mine went for a "bucket of steam" when he was working in a tweed mill while he was on holiday from Edinburgh University where he was doing his Chemistry degree.  "Well, I thought, I'd get an insulated bucket," he claimed.  I think he just went for a skive.

 

Maidenhead punches were never that sought after for some reason..... 🤗

10 hours ago, TMB said:

^ When I was 18 and working at a Ford dealership I was sent to the stores to ask for ''three blue sky hooks''. I argued that there was no such thing but the boss got arsey with me and said they were for fitting car radios and to get my arse there and get them! So I duly went and asked for them. Needless to say, the storeman had a good laugh at my expense

 

You know the advertising boards you get hanging from the ceiling in shops?

 

You'll never guess what we call the hooks that clip/stick onto ceiling.😀

10 hours ago, StevesTruck said:

 

You know the advertising boards you get hanging from the ceiling in shops?

 

You'll never guess what we call the hooks that clip/stick onto ceiling.😀

 

Really? 😄

Yep, I had a new lad have a right go at me when I sent him to get some 😄

Ok I'll not worry about the ABS pump. A standard pressure bleed is fine. Cheers for the input.