ABS intermittent fault

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capri_rob
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Location: South Staffordshire

Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:32 pm

Used my E30 for work the last 3 days.
Yesterday lunchtime as i drove out of work i felt a judder under my foot like when the ABS is kicking in ( i was doing less than 5mph with my foot barely on the brake ) and the ABS light came on.
Drove home with it on, turned off and restarted engine when i got home and it went off.
Back to work after lunch and it went off after startup but came on as soon as i started moving and stayed on.
After work drove home and the light came on with ignition and then stayed off all the way home.

Then this morning its on again all the way to work, but stayed off to and from home at lunchtime and stayed off tonight.

Im guessing as the light comes on and goes off after startup that this is a sensor issue of some sort or a loose connection somewhere ?
Is there an easy way to test for this ?
Are the sensors easy to remove and can they be cleaned ?

Got MOT in just over a week and dont want it to fail due to this.
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
mcspike
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Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:23 pm

Sensors are removed with an Allen key. They do attract some shit.
Ryan
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