Hello all I have a 98 that I purchased in February in Texas. There was an issue that led me to replace the master cylinder assembly. All has been fine with brakes until recently. A slight leak coming from rebuilt assembly - which was fixed meanwhile my mechanic tells me that MBCA is fine and I need a new abs/wheel speed sensor. The alert for the abs was occasional. It went away for a while. Then it would stay on for short periods but after driving it would disappear. While this happened A slew of issues came up. Started having what appears to be a vacuum issue. With the cruiser idling the roms would drop and raise then stall. If I ran it for a bit then hit the brakes it would stall. Very consistent with the brake. Meanwhile abs code was still on and off.
I proceeded to do the following:
- Remove Airbox clean and replace filter
- broke a nozzle replaced with brass threaded fitting
- clean throttle body
- replace grommet and pcv valve and hoses associated (the were rock hard )
This seems to have stopped the idle fluctuating stalling issue. However I’m now stuck with no brakes. I backed out of my garage made three point turn and brakes don’t function. Abs light with brake light on won’t go off, alarm won’t go away. I have a aftermarket (Holstein) abs sensor coming in tomorrow. Is there any reason I shouldn’t go with Holstein. I prefer oem. But need to know if the abs sensor is the culprit and this seems to be best choice for me right now. What do y’all think? Any knowledge on the matter would be great. Best….
I proceeded to do the following:
- Remove Airbox clean and replace filter
- broke a nozzle replaced with brass threaded fitting
- clean throttle body
- replace grommet and pcv valve and hoses associated (the were rock hard )
This seems to have stopped the idle fluctuating stalling issue. However I’m now stuck with no brakes. I backed out of my garage made three point turn and brakes don’t function. Abs light with brake light on won’t go off, alarm won’t go away. I have a aftermarket (Holstein) abs sensor coming in tomorrow. Is there any reason I shouldn’t go with Holstein. I prefer oem. But need to know if the abs sensor is the culprit and this seems to be best choice for me right now. What do y’all think? Any knowledge on the matter would be great. Best….