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Easiest way to bleed/change your Brake fluid

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Re: Easiest way to bleed/change your Brake fluid

Post by AlanL » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:25 pm

1. About 5-10psi is plenty.

2. I usually just dump in a bottle and keep bleeding until it is gone. Brake fluid doesn't really have a useful shelf life once you open the bottle so I just put it all in. If you are trying to replace all of the fluid then use 2 bottles.

3. If you go for the 2 person method be very careful to make sure you close off the bleeder valve while there is pressure in the line so no air gets back into the line.
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Re: Easiest way to bleed/change your Brake fluid

Post by Aebous » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:24 pm

Yep we were good. I got the chamber up to about 10psi, but the tube going to the car's fluid resovior still had air in it....is that normal?
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Re: Easiest way to bleed/change your Brake fluid

Post by AlanL » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:29 am

No problem - the only problem is when there is no fluid in the reservoir and air goes down into the brake lines.
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