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> In a message dated 10/22/01 12:16:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > 69notch@aircooled.net writes: > > << Of course if you are spitting out contaminated fluid, as is > sometimes the > case, you wouldn't be doing yourself any favors by leaving the > bleeder open. > > Just my $0.02 ;-} > > Freddie Lochner > http://devoted.to/my69notch > 69 Notch ~Seattle, WA > >> > > contaminated fluid? > > Jeremy > 67sqbk > Tacoma > Just putting this out for the people who haven't done this in a while. When I first bled mine, the fluid coming out was BLACK (oxidized from the water in there), filled with little rubber bits, and the stuff that wasn't black was dark brown. Because of the rubber bits, I replaced all the flexible hoses and had to start over, but the point is, if you leave the bleeder open, there is a good chance you are going to suck some of that crap back up in the wheel cylinder, and what good would that do? Now if your fluid is clean, and you're just trying to get the bubbles out, leave them open, I guess, Jim Adney says it works, but I can't imagine the bubbles NOT going back up into the wheel cylinder as you are bleeding, but who knows. Freddie Lochner http://devoted.to/my69notch 69 Notch ~Seattle, WA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org