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328 ABS fuse missing ?

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  1. F328GTS/GTB

    F328GTS/GTB Formula Junior

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    Denis
    #1 F328GTS/GTB, Jun 19, 2009
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    One fuse seems to be missing on the black relay.
    I have only partial wiring diagram (scheme is missing) so I cannot check.

    What do you think about ?

    Thanks,
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  2. No Doubt

    No Doubt Seven Time F1 World Champ

    May 21, 2005
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    Installing a 10 Amp fuse there should disable your ABS while driving, but allow trouble codes to be "flashed" onto your dash, presuming that you have a stock 1989 328 with the same ABS as the 1989 to 1995 348s.
     
  3. jonesdds

    jonesdds Formula 3

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    Mine is missing like that as well. I had no idea that you disable ABS that way. I'd be curious how the brakes feel without the ABS. I assume it would be easy to tell the difference. Mine have kind of an artificial feel to them, not the right word for what I feel but couldn't thick of anything more descriptive. Not a direct correlation between pressing the pedal and the amount of braking, a disconnected feeling. I assume it's the ABS as the 308's I've driven feel very different.

    Jeff
     
  4. fastradio

    fastradio F1 Rookie
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    With or without the fuse in, the brake pedal will feel the same on an ABS-equipped 328. Unlike the 308, the 328 with ABS does not use a vauum booster to reduce pedal efffort, but rather, in essence, a hydraulic-assist unit. In my opinion, a 328 with ABS has a very "hard" brake pedal, versus a much softer one as found in any 308, or non-ABS 328.

    David
     
  5. Marco Bussadori

    Marco Bussadori Formula Junior

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    Normal mode is no fuse installed. When the ABS unit is tested for maintenance, a 10A fuse is inserted and the ABS unit will go into test mode, flashing various codes as various pins are connected on a test board which is connected between the usual plug and the ABS unit.

    I have the full diagnostic sheets and test board for the 348, which uses the same Teves ABS unit.

    Marco
     
  6. F328GTS/GTB

    F328GTS/GTB Formula Junior

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    Thanks for all your answers Ferraristi.
     
  7. Jon22

    Jon22 Karting

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    The missing fuse is only inserted to run tests on the ABS as it is is normal.

    The car is fine.
     

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