I will complete the thread for other that come later.
Issue resolved, by combination of power bleeding and aggressive brake pedal action.
My best guess is that there was air in the abs block that was difficult to bleed out .

All four should bleed. Disconnect the lines from the caliper and press on the pedal and see if fluid comes out while the caliper is not connected. Appreciate the follow, I owe you beverage of your choosing. Yes. Some Fluid comes out of both front hard lines at wheel well with each pedal action. I b...

Many, many thanks for the reply. Same situation if bleed screw out on the two front calipers. Actually I had replaced the soft lines and calipers with new in my initial trouble shoot. The car did sit for extended periods prior to sale. What I’m gleaning is the front hard lines are likely full of cra...

Hey Guys, I need some sanity here. 2005 v50 T5 Just bought it (from a friend, sight unseen, even worse) and driving home I noticed poor breaking. Stomping on it, it pulled to the left. No warning lamps, pedal feels normal. Pads and rotors are fine. With 20 psi on a motive bleeder, neither front cali...

Thanks VTL, I was using a synthetic 5w30. I will look for those choices you mentioned this time.

Hey Gentlemen. Still banging away on this this, help appreciated. Codes pulled off for CEL were PO170 (maf--fuel trim), and PO101(also air flow I believe). I had replaced PCV system essentially 18-24 months ago. At that time the lower port of the black box was 75% blocked (and I had same CEL error c...

Thanks for the time Hu5ker. I have not pulled throttle yet but it's on the list. The only thing I did was pull and replace MAF... runs stronger but still hunts at idle, no shudder or CEL now. I have heard that ETM faults would show up as separate warning lights? Would a gunked up throttle plate do s...

Hey Guys. I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction here. Symptoms are as in the title. On start up, I get a CEL and shudder at idle. It won't die just struggles not to. If you hit the throttle it will run fine. I pulled OBD codes PO101 and PO170. PCV system was done (by me) three ...

Wondering, did the oil passage inside the oil pan check clear when the pcv box was out? Short driving distances is what clogs the pcv system the most, even synthetic oil is not a 100% fix My memory is that it did. My recollection doing the pcv box was that it was about 80% occluded where it meets t...

Hey Guys, sanity check please. Wife's car, I did the PCV kit replacement around 1.5-2 years ago I think. I'm now getting a CEL, and pulled codes PO101, PO170. Car running fine. I think these were the same codes I got when the PCV was full of sludge last time. The car chews through a lot of oil, in m...