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1) oil light on 2) bleeding ABS brakes 700 1990

posted by  MarkD in NJ on  Fri Jun 4 08:56 CST 2004
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Only two things cause the oil light to illumnate: Low oil pressure (not level, unless the level is so low that you've lost oil pressure) or an electrical problem (sender or wiring). If you drove the car for any period of time with the light on and did not kill the motor, I'd suspect the sensor or wiring.

Before you start the brake job, suck all the old fluid out of the reservoir and fill with clean fluid.

When doing brakes on an ABS car, open each bleeder and clamp the rubber flex hose prior to retracting the caliper piston(s) as you do each wheel. This allows the old, dirty fluid to exit the caliper through the bleeder. The last thing you want to do is push the old, dirty brake fluid from the calipers back into the ABS servo/pump. In the last year, I've replaced 3 ABS servos just after the owner got a 'quality' brake job (not from me).

Also, when you pressure bleed the system on an ABS car, you'll need to let about twice or three times as much fluid out of each caliper as you would on a non-ABS model. There is simply more plumbing.

Hope this helps...Mark






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