Help Codes After Brake JOB :(

BMOEW · 12-09-2010, 07:43 PM

I just had slotted brakes installed on the car and pads and brake lines they bled the brakes and everything is toped of all the sensors are in place. The brake pedal still feels soft and am throwing all these codes.
Now the codes are off but the pedal still feels soft and goes all the way down. He bled it twice and still nothing any help thanks. We did passenger rear then driver rear then passenger front then driver front please help thanks

I335 · 12-09-2010, 07:55 PM

Are you sure you got all the air out of the lines?

BMOEW · 12-09-2010, 08:05 PM

Yea we did it multiple times we went through a bottle and a half of fluid am using dot 4 fluid btw if that matters

fdriller9 · 12-09-2010, 08:05 PM

Are you positive you closed the lines? Is the fluid still at the same spot you topped it off at?

How did you bleed them? You installed 2 pads per rotor right?

BMOEW · 12-09-2010, 08:08 PM

Yea the lines are tight the bleeders are tight after I bled them the fluid goes down in the cylinder. And yes there is 2 pads per rotor

fdriller9 · 12-09-2010, 08:09 PM

There should already be fluid in the cylinder.....the fluid line shouldn't move when you use the brakes.

BMOEW · 12-09-2010, 08:11 PM

Most of it drained out when we changed the lines

BMOEW · 12-09-2010, 08:13 PM

Yea the brake fluid is going down when I pump it if it does that means there is air in the lines?

fdriller9 · 12-09-2010, 08:20 PM

I beleive so. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure the fill line should stay put.

If no fluid is leaking out, then there's air.

How did you bleed your brakes? Did someone pump the brakes or did you use a pressure bleeder?

The fluid container can NEVER go empty. Otherwise air is introduced into the system and you need to flush and fill.

A tip: Take a rubber mallet and tap on the calipers a few times when your bleeding. It will disrupt and air trapped and allow it to get pushed out.

BMOEW · 12-09-2010, 08:34 PM

Someone pumped my brakes and the guy opened the bleeders

fdriller9 · 12-09-2010, 08:44 PM

^Yea it's easy to forget to fill the container while doing it this way. I would try bleeding again, making sure the container NEVER drains completely.

BMOEW · 12-10-2010, 02:15 PM

The dumbass had the rears swapped so the bleeder nipple was pointing down rather than up i swapped them and everything is ok thanks guys for the help

12-09-2010, 07:43 PM	#1
BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	Help Codes After Brake JOB :( I just had slotted brakes installed on the car and pads and brake lines they bled the brakes and everything is toped of all the sensors are in place. The brake pedal still feels soft and am throwing all these codes. Now the codes are off but the pedal still feels soft and goes all the way down. He bled it twice and still nothing any help thanks. We did passenger rear then driver rear then passenger front then driver front please help thanks __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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12-09-2010, 07:55 PM	#2
I335 Brigadier General 126 Rep 4,248 Posts Drives: '08 335i Coupe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New England iTrader: (11)	Are you sure you got all the air out of the lines?
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12-09-2010, 08:05 PM	#3
BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	Yea we did it multiple times we went through a bottle and a half of fluid am using dot 4 fluid btw if that matters __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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fdriller9 Banned 261 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	Are you positive you closed the lines? Is the fluid still at the same spot you topped it off at? How did you bleed them? You installed 2 pads per rotor right?
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12-09-2010, 08:08 PM	#5
BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	Yea the lines are tight the bleeders are tight after I bled them the fluid goes down in the cylinder. And yes there is 2 pads per rotor __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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fdriller9 Banned 261 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	There should already be fluid in the cylinder.....the fluid line shouldn't move when you use the brakes.
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12-09-2010, 08:11 PM	#7
BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	Most of it drained out when we changed the lines __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	Yea the brake fluid is going down when I pump it if it does that means there is air in the lines? __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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fdriller9 Banned 261 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	I beleive so. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure the fill line should stay put. If no fluid is leaking out, then there's air. How did you bleed your brakes? Did someone pump the brakes or did you use a pressure bleeder? The fluid container can NEVER go empty. Otherwise air is introduced into the system and you need to flush and fill. A tip: Take a rubber mallet and tap on the calipers a few times when your bleeding. It will disrupt and air trapped and allow it to get pushed out.
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12-09-2010, 08:34 PM	#10
BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	Someone pumped my brakes and the guy opened the bleeders __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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fdriller9 Banned 261 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	^Yea it's easy to forget to fill the container while doing it this way. I would try bleeding again, making sure the container NEVER drains completely.
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12-10-2010, 02:15 PM	#12
BMOEW Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,665 Posts Drives: 2011 335is AW Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: dallas, tx: Lebanon iTrader: (6)	The dumbass had the rears swapped so the bleeder nipple was pointing down rather than up i swapped them and everything is ok thanks guys for the help __________________ 2011 335IS Alpine White\|Coral Red\|DCT\|BuraQ E60 Tune\|DCI\|VRSF 3" DownPipes\| ER ChargePipe w/ HKS SSQV BOV\|VRSF 7" FMIC\|RB PCV\| BMS Oil Catch Can\|NGK 5992\|AQUAMIST HFS-4 w/Twin Methanol Tank\|Custom Exhaust\| ST Coilovers\| and a METAL FOOT
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