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cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:05 pm
by ozzyhufc
x5 failed mot mon as need new break lines on rear all done but got no breaks on rear, now they have been bled and all air locks taken out by garage but still no breaks can anyone help asap someone said its because a abs and dsc
cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:46 pm
by wilkoturbo
Maybe seazed get a Gclamp in there
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:23 pm
by ozzyhufc
no not seazed they were working great before, it need the brake lines change as rusted,now not back brakes not working,and garage dont know what else to do as they have bled the brakes and took or airlocks out still no pedal front ok.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:26 pm
by ozzyhufc
someone told garage its something to do with pump as x5 as abs and dsc, i dont think this is the case please as anyone had this problem after changing brake lines
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:10 pm
by IanP
If the garage let air get into the ABS pump then you will need a BMW specialist to bleed the system through properly using their fancy machine.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:46 pm
by Steamyrotter
If they did that then they should sort it FOC
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:49 pm
by Raj
The abs valve needs to be cycled and opened using the correct software as this has closed off the feed to the rear lines. No matter what you do the rears won't bleed until the correct procedure is followed to open the valve again.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:53 am
by ozzyhufc
Thanks for that mate looks like i need the bmw people then cost
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:19 am
by ozzyhufc
I have just spoken to someone at bmw and they say you dont need BMW specialist to bleed the system through properly using their fancy machine to bleed the rear brakes or plug it in, just bleed them they say,please some help it costing loads.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:03 am
by Raj
[quote="ozzyhufc"]
I have just spoken to someone at bmw and they say you dont need BMW specialist to bleed the system through properly using their fancy machine to bleed the rear brakes or plug it in, just bleed them they say,please some help it costing loads.
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That's interesting as when the calipers were re-done middle of last year with the rest if my build thread we went through a fair bit of fluid to try and bleed them and nothing. In the end Jason had to sort.
Ask Jason @ BW off here but pretty sure you'll not be able to just bleed them.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:05 am
by ozzyhufc
Cheers Raj , the garage tell me they are have someone coming round to garage at luchtime with bosh kts kit to open valve to rear brakes and will need alot of dot 4 to bleed, so i dont know why bmw said u can just bleed them, i hope it is sorted today and they dont charge me loads as it been in garage for 3 days now, but at they end of day they should only charge me for new brake pipes as it was there fault they got air into it.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:53 pm
by Raj
[quote="ozzyhufc"]
Cheers Raj , the garage tell me they are have someone coming round to garage at luchtime with bosh kts kit to open valve to rear brakes and will need alot of dot 4 to bleed, so i dont know why bmw said u can just bleed them, i hope it is sorted today and they dont charge me loads as it been in garage for 3 days now, but at they end of day they should only charge me for new brake pipes as it was there fault they got air into it.
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Agreed. You've paid them to change the lines. If they have introduced air into the system and have to get an outside source to sort it well that's their own problem. They agreed to take the job on and should have known potential issues that could arise.
Don't let them charge you for the extra costs.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:02 pm
by pvr
Removed poll from this post.
To the OP - good luck and as other have said, pay only for the work asked for and not for problems introduced due to the work.
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:01 pm
by X5Sport
The BMW TIS
instruction for bleeding brakes with cars equipped with DSC (your is) notes that the BMW Diagnosis and Info System (DIS system) must be connected in order to run through the bleeding correctly. If they didn't follow this then they messed up, and should fix at
their expense as suggested above.
Richard
Re: cant get breaks to work on rear of x5
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:26 pm
by ozzyhufc
Cheers everyone for the replys i will let you know, i hope to get x5 back today i miss it, and i will let you know how much they charge me for work.