have same problem on rover 416 100k with magantec

willl use cheaper oil form gsf next oil change

magantec cost too much now in handier 4l can !!

Here is a cut and paste of a recently circulated document:

On Friday 29 June, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg published its
ruling in relation to the above case.
The case concerned the requirement that may be imposed under section 172 of the
Road Traffic Act 1988 for the registered keeper of a vehicle to identify the person driving at the time of an alleged road traffic offence to which the section applies. Mr O?Halloran and Mr Francis, supported by Liberty, argued that this requirement infringed the right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The court rejected their claim and ruled that there was no breach of human rights, a
ruling which leaves the UK legislation unaffected.

Please continue to use section 172 as normal.

So there you have it!!

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Moved in here to keep it warm - PU

Cheers Andy.
Reset the unit, now working perfectly.
Moral - RTFM

1. Like the other replies have stated, ABS works on pneumatics in very much the same way as hydraulics, in fact the ABS are very similar as their basic principle is to reduce the force being applied to the brake that is detected as being 'locked up'. I think most small lorries (7.5 tonners) have full air brake systems nowadays whereas in the olden days it was quite normal to have 'air over hydraulic' sytems such as local yokel's Bedford has where the air pressure applied by the foot valve is then converted into hydraulic pressure through a master cyclinder before operating the brakes in the conventional hydraulic fashion. In fact the last 7.5 ton trucks that I can remember still using this 'old hat' method of air over hydraulic was the Iveco 75E15 range up until a few years ago.

2. ABS is a fairly standard fitting in lorries now, just as it is in the range of new cars that you can buy. It has been used on the big lorries (such as artics) for quite a number of years and the vast majority of trailers used on the roads today are also ABS equiped. A lot of the bigs trucks also have traction control systems (often referred to as ASR - acceleration skid reduction) which uses some of the ABS components to detect which wheel is loosing traction.

3. I can also conclude that it does make a good difference in stopping the vehicle in an emergency with this technology on board. If you have ever had a truck sliding up the road with its wheels locked then you will know that it is a scary experience. Whereas with ABS fitted it makes the skid more managable although hearing the a wheel lock and the ABS releasing the air pressure to counter-act it every half second can come as a shock.