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New brake fluid - How to ?


Mgrene

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Wouw, its impressive how many different guides you'll find when you search for this on the Internet 😕

 

Once and for all, I would appreciate if somebody could explain the correct procedure.

 

The situation is as follows:

 

I have just re-painted my brake callipers and in connection with that, the brake fluid container has been completly drained (read: no more break fluid in the container)

 

1) at which wheel do you start? The one closest to the container og the one most far away?

 

2) Push break pedal down, open nipple, close nipple, release foot from pedal. Do this until fluid is running out the nipple hole. Correct?

 

And yes I have searched here on the forum also, but the answers was different from topic to topic.

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Deffo start with furthest away. If i remember correctly the master cylinder is near the drivers side front wheel.

 

So the sequence would be (as your sat in the car) Rear left, Rear Right, Front left, Front right.

 

You can buy easy bleed kits but ive heard mixed review on these.

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Deffo start with furthest away. If i remember correctly the master cylinder is near the drivers side front wheel.

 

So the sequence would be (as your sat in the car) Rear left, Rear Right, Front left, Front right.

 

You can buy easy bleed kits but ive heard mixed review on these.

 

A guy (who used to be a mechanic) wrote on a danish forum that you should start with the closest wheel because this eliminate the airbubbles as you go along.

And it makes sense to me because if you start with the one furthest away then airbubbles will stil exist in the system and it might be that these airbubbles will work their way out to the wheel you just completed.

 

Does this make sense?

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Didn't do that on my car, did the nsf, nsr, osr, osf with a vacuum bleeder and brakes were spot on.

 

That was after changing all four calipers for brand new and new braided hoses, did

a complete fluid change too

 

Yeah, think I will invest £20 in a vacuum bleeder and save the trouble :-)

 

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Didn't do that on my car, did the nsf, nsr, osr, osf with a vacuum bleeder and brakes were spot on.

 

That was after changing all four calipers for brand new and new braided hoses, did

a complete fluid change too

 

Yeah, think I will invest £20 in a vacuum bleeder and save the trouble :-)

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Vacuum bleeder all the way :) I always did furthest wheel first but I'm not sure it makes much of a difference. I also heard that on ABS cars it's furthest from the ABS pump, not the brake reservoir! Who knows :shrug: all I know is, vacuum bleeder works, pedal pumping is rubbish :)

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