QuestionI have a 1991 Chrysler Imperial with ABS brakes. I have been losing fluid from the reservior through the filling caps. I have replaced the caskets in the caps, but the problem persists. What is going wrong inside the master cylinder and how do I fix it?
AnswerHi Rich,
Thanks for the positive feedback. Another viewer of the archive, Brian Buck I believe is his name, sent me along a tip on your ABS situation:
<mrbuck98@yahoo.com> wrote:
> dear roland,
> im a tech w/chrysler,and i was browsing thru questions,and seen the one on
> 4-13-06 about the 91 imperial for abs problem,there was a recall, the
> recall number is #685 abs actuator piston and pump/motor assemblies for
> vehicles w/bendix-10 system.hoped to be some help.
>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â brian
>
Hi Rich,
Unfortunately I don't have any experience with ABS systems. I did review the Chrysler shop manuals to see if I could find a mention of that particular symptom but could not. The system is complex and covers about 50 pages in the manual. One approach would be to get a readout of the ABS computer memory for any fault codes that would be clues as to what is wrong, using the DRB II readout box available at a Chrysler dealer. A specific fault code may be stored that would start you on the road to repair.
My associate expert on Chrysler cars, Pete Lacey, does list brake systems as a specialty so you might want to ask this question of him.
If you do get a fault code from the ABS readout, let me know the number, what the dealer said it meant, and what they would propose to do, and for what cost. I can look up the explanation and remediation for that code in my '94 manual that covers the Bendix ABS 4 system, if that is the model you have in your '91 Imperial.
Sorry to not give you any more direction than that.
Roland
