ABS light on after oil change

[cvc42]

Hi all

I just got my oil changed at a station and the ABS light came on about a mile down the road. Could they have bummped something in the process ? Where do I start looking. Its a 2000 4runner limited 3.4 litre

Thanks for any help

[Seanz0rz]

look at the left front abs sensor and wire. see if its even connected.

thats the only component i can think of close to where they would have been working. if you dont see anything, disconnect the battery for a few minutes, reconnect, and see if it comes back on.

[cvc42]

I checked the left front and it looks fine. I unhooked the battery but the light stayed on. I can't imagine what would cause this.

Thanks

[YotaFun]

maybe its just dumb luck and timing and a sensor just went out?

[Erich_870]

You might just check your brake fluid reservoir and make sure it has enough fluid and that the cap is on tight. They may have opened it up and not closed it all the way.

Erich

[YotaFun]

You might just check your brake fluid reservoir and make sure it has enough fluid and that the cap is on tight. They may have opened it up and not closed it all the way.

Erich


that usually sets off the brake like, but meh worth checking anyway

[Erich_870]

that usually sets off the brake like, but meh worth checking anyway


Very possible, I only mentioned it because I let my fluid get low one time and whenever I went around a corner my ABS light would come on.

Erich

[cvc42]

Hey thanks for all the info, is there a sensor back on the drive shaft area, when they changed the oil they didn't remove the skid plate and they didn't clean off the old oil so it spread along the driveshaft area, when I got it home I thought I had an leak somwhere until I noticed the plate had not been removed....

Thanks

[Lee]

wow that's lazy!

[Seanz0rz]

thats pretty standard for an oil change. when i bought my 4runner i spent a full day scraping old oil from my skids.

i think its what, 8 bolts...

[Lee]

Standard or not, i wouldn't personally go back to the place that did that.

Or at the very least, when I did, I'd ask them to take the extra 10 minutes and remove the freaking skid.

[Nick]

The dealership I worked at never removed the skids for oil changes.

[YotaFun]

Sean stock skid is 4 bolts
I remember doing the same though, I think its stupid that they didn't remove it.

as far as a leak all the way on the rear drive shaft from the front,
make sure its not your rear seals that are blown...

[Seanz0rz]

to remove the rear portion, the front portion should probably come off too since its still kind of in the way of oil filter drip.

the front was 5 bolts, if you kept them bolted together its 7 bolts for an oil change, 9 if you arent that good.

[4x4mike]

Mine was bent to hell so it took all 9 bolts. Now my big one is 6.

[troyboy162]

off topic but the stock plate is held in with self taping bolts...im sure oil change places are wise to this and avoid them like the plague. that way you dont have customers coming back complaining of stripped bolts.

[YotaFun]

off topic but the stock plate is held in with self taping bolts...im sure oil change places are wise to this and avoid them like the plague. that way you dont have customers coming back complaining of stripped bolts.


I didn't think they were self tapping bolts,
Mine thread into a nut just like others, unless I am feeling stupid right now...

[Seanz0rz]

they thread into a nut (except for the mounting hole under the UCA) and the bolts have a slight cut on the threads. although ive taken mine on and off hundreds of times and never stripped a bolt or thread. i seriously dont think thats a problem.

[Crinale]

haha... the 2nd gen skid is held up by 4 bolts, and all 4 of the nuts that are attached to the truck (that the bolts feed into) on mine are stripped... i cant put my stock skid back on...

[DHC6twinotter]

I lost all 4 of my skid plate bolts long ago, so I just use some bolts I picked up from Home Depot. :hillbill:

[Crinale]

oh the bolts have been replaced, but they dont stay in :-P ...i need to fab something up (or buy) that uses the other bolt holes...