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Car Forum / Honda Cars / November 2005permanent ALB light
I have a J reg Honda Concerto 1600i. Recently the ALB warning light has come on shortly after setting off. If I stopped the engine and re-started it would for a while go off as normal but now it is always permanently on shortly after setting off. I have noticed that there is no longer a noise happening after I start the engine (I beleive this is the ALB pump gaining pressure?)Can anyone help or give advice on why this might be? On 11/3/05 8:18 AM, in article 1131027518.016101.77100@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "borosteve" <stephen@sash5.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > I have a J reg Honda Concerto 1600i. Recently the ALB warning light > has come on shortly after setting off. If I stopped the engine and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the ALB pump gaining pressure?)Can anyone help or give advice on why > this might be? When the light is on, it means the system is off, so there will be no noise whenever the light is on. There should be a way to make it blink out an error code on the warning light. On the American models, you do it be shorting the two pins in the SCS connector and turning the ignition to "run" without starting the engine. The symptom you describe, with the light coming on shortly after driving off & after hearing it try to pressurize several times, usually indicates that the system is no longer able to maintain pressure. If this is the case, the fix is a new unit. Someone more familiar with the Concerto will have to weigh in with specifics. Thanks for that advice. Borosteve. > I have a J reg Honda Concerto 1600i. Recently the ALB warning light > has come on shortly after setting off. If I stopped the engine and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the ALB pump gaining pressure?)Can anyone help or give advice on why > this might be? ------------------------------- If you sat in the drive and just idle the car, will you hear the pump run at all? The fact that your light comes on only after moving the vehicle often means one of the wheel sensors isn't 'checking in'. Inspect the underside of your car to be sure the tone rings aren't filthy with grease / dirt. They are at the outer ends of your (front) drive shafts, against where the wheel bearings are housed. The rear ones may be hidden from sight. Always mention the year and mileage of the vehicle . . . helps us foreigners equate it to something we can picture over here. :-) 'Curly' If I just sit in the car with the engine running(from first ignition) there is no ALB light on. It only comes on after I've got into motion and then stays on. At no point can I hear the pump making a noise. By the way, the year of manufacture is 1991/2 and it has done 140,000 miles! Thanks for the tip about sensors, I will check them out. borosteve. > If I just sit in the car with the engine running(from first ignition) > there is no ALB light on. It only comes on after I've got into motion [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > borosteve. ======================== The fact that you hear nothing would indicate the pump might be dead or the fuse blown because the pump started pulling too much current. Better check the fuses in the ABS fusebox. 'Curly' |
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