A lot of threads mention the need for Clip to activate the ABS after a brake fluid change. I've just changed fluid and used the old tried and tested method of taking the car to a place (gravelly car park) to activate the ABS half a dozen times plus re-bleed and now it's fine. I've not seen this mentioned in any threads as a way around the problem. Obviously I will have error codes but that's irrelevant to actually driving the car and can be addressed when convenient.
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Clip diagnostic tool
- Thread starter spasimodo
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JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
That work around has been mentioned many of times i can assure you.
Once you've used Clip or an RSTuner to bleed the brakes, you'll see why it's favoured. So much easier.
Once you've used Clip or an RSTuner to bleed the brakes, you'll see why it's favoured. So much easier.
PH2 172
Is this another ClioSport old wives tail?
2 weeks ago, with assistance, I changed out front & rear flexi`s with braided hoses & replaced the rear calipers.
On completion, we bled the brakes in the order of RR, LR, LF & RF, 4 full pumps of the pedal for each caliper into a container using 6ft of tubing, so that each
bleed nipple was only opened & closed the once.
The car never the lift, and there was no need to turn on the ignition or start the engine, let alone go sliding round a car park!
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
I've done it the manual way plenty of times, but you can't beat letting the abs pump do it for you.
PH2 172
Maybe, but there was no need for someone to start a myth that you have no chance without clip at some time in the past.
Ol’ Tarby
ClioSport Moderator
Clio 220 Trophy
I think it was more for if air got into the abs pump that the braking hard on loose ground thing was suggested
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah it's more for when air is in the abs pump.
Just doing a flush can be done the manual way.
Just doing a flush can be done the manual way.
PH2 172
So you don`t need Clip unless you are changing the ABS pump, or silly enough to take the cap off the reservoir whilst working on open system.
My mate was telling me about a bloke that bought a fake Honda airbag, and ended up looking like Red Dwarfs Rimmer.
I`m not sure if that`s a true story either.
That's interesting because that's always how I've bled brakes in the past starting with the furthest away from the master cylinder yet the Haynes manual for the Clio recommends LF, RF LR RR as the bleeding sequence (which I followed). I can see a sort of logic in bleeding the shortest line first to get rid of air in the master cylinder but I'm not sure?
Thanks for all your input.
PH2 172
Logic dictates you get the air out the longest line 1st.
Anyway, with 2 people working together, it`s all done in 5 minutes.
Yes - but - if you're bleeding a newly replaced master cylinder, most of the air is going to be in the master cylinder itself, so I can see the sense in venting that throught the shortest line available?
