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Re: [T3] Power Bleeders


On 8 Sep 2006 at 9:53, knowonelse@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> On another vehicle email list, some one suggested using a new
> hand pumped oil can filled with brake fluid and connecting it to
> the bleed port, and pumping fluid in backwards from the usual
> bleed direction.
> 
> This would obviously add fluid to the reservoir and require
> draining of it before it spilled over, but otherwise is there a
> downside of doing this?

It won't work, because the bleed lines are always at the top of the cylinders, 
but the fill lines aren't, so air won't automatically get pushed out the fill 
lines. This technique will leave calipers and wheel cylinders half full of air, 
and it may not bleed some parts of the MC.


-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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