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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 25 September 2014, 13:55:00
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Hi guys,
Mate's Renault Megane (53 plate) has an ABS light on. Pulled the code using my new Autel MD802 8)
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Now I can check the sensor no probs but I cant check the air gap cos it's one of those that's hidden in the hub.
I hear a droning coming from that wheel. so I'm thinking it's either a goosed sensor or the wheel bearing gone (causing inconsistent air gap. What do you reckon? :)
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Interesting Google search. The Renault forums seem to think it's a broken wire within the black sheath. I hope it's the abs sensor side and not the harness side as the abs sensors easily replaceable
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Yes I would go with wiring damage as issues relating to reluctor rings etc. tend to flag bad/inconsistent signal codes.
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Yes I would go with wiring damage as issues relating to reluctor rings etc. tend to flag bad/inconsistent signal codes.
legend, cheers mark :y
if the sensors good and the break / damage is the harness side am I ok to cut in to it and repair? don't mind damaging the sensor (if I mess it up...plan not to tho) but am very nervous of a repair on the harness side
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You will have to :y
As its French wiring it might be worth getting a priest in and having it blessed first ;D :y
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As its French wiring it might be worth getting a priest in and having it blessed first ;D :y
;D ;D ;D ;D
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reminds me of something said to me nearly 40yrs ago,( Renault Owners Love Their Cars, Renault Mechanics Hate the with a Passion) ! so in all this time not a lot has changed !
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If it was an air gap issue Webby the light would normally go out on initial self test then flag up when driving as speed builds
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Thanks for your input lads, really appreciate it.
Hopefully there'll be a noticeable chunk missing out of the wire on the sensor side that I can cut out and solder back together.....hopefully ::)
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Thanks for your input lads, really appreciate it.
Hopefully there'll be a noticeable chunk missing out of the wire on the sensor side that I can cut out and solder back together.....hopefully ::)
Renault wiring is so poor that you'll find it hard to tell the difference!
Some advice from my (French) uncle given over 30 years ago: Never buy a *^~#ing Renault!
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Jack the vehicle up do a physical check of the bearing in question.
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Surely it's a priest for Italian wiring and sacrifice a
sheepchicken for French..
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Surely it's a priest for Italian wiring and sacrifice a sheepchicken for French..
Do what the French do. Attach a Gitane to your bottom lip and shrug before kicking it and leaving it to rot by the side of the road. ;D
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Surely it's a priest for Italian wiring and sacrifice a sheepchicken for French..
Do what the French do. Attach a Gitane to your bottom lip and shrug before kicking it and leaving it to rot by the side of the road. ;D
To be fair(and I hate doing that as it normally brings me out in a rash), they'd be leaving it at the side of the road 18months after the terminal death-rattle started. The mistake we make here with both French and Italian cars is to pamper them by rushing to the mechanic at the first sign of trouble.