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bleeding hydraulic clutch
« on: 22 October 2007, 21:43:03 »

Hi guys,

As you may be aware, my gearbox is currently off, and the hydraulic clutch pipe is disconnected. I'm hoping to refit it all on Wednesday.

Please can someone advise, of the best way to bleed the clutch system?

I am personally thinking, remove the reserviour cap, and force Dot4 through the clutch bleed nipple back up into the tank, but I'd apprecaite an expert opinion, as I've never done this before... :)
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #1 on: 22 October 2007, 21:55:19 »

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Hi guys,

As you may be aware, my gearbox is currently off, and the hydraulic clutch pipe is disconnected. I'm hoping to refit it all on Wednesday.

Please can someone advise, of the best way to bleed the clutch system?

I am personally thinking, remove the reserviour cap, and force Dot4 through the clutch bleed nipple back up into the tank, but I'd apprecaite an expert opinion, as I've never done this before... :)
Do a search, its been covered before a few times :)
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #2 on: 22 October 2007, 22:22:56 »

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Hi guys,

As you may be aware, my gearbox is currently off, and the hydraulic clutch pipe is disconnected. I'm hoping to refit it all on Wednesday.

Please can someone advise, of the best way to bleed the clutch system?

I am personally thinking, remove the reserviour cap, and force Dot4 through the clutch bleed nipple back up into the tank, but I'd apprecaite an expert opinion, as I've never done this before... :)

A different car I know but, when I bled my Astra's clutch I just wedged the pedal down and pressure bled it in the normal way with a Gunson ie from the reservoir out of the nipple. That worked for me.
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #3 on: 22 October 2007, 22:32:12 »

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Hi guys,

As you may be aware, my gearbox is currently off, and the hydraulic clutch pipe is disconnected. I'm hoping to refit it all on Wednesday.

Please can someone advise, of the best way to bleed the clutch system?

I am personally thinking, remove the reserviour cap, and force Dot4 through the clutch bleed nipple back up into the tank, but I'd apprecaite an expert opinion, as I've never done this before... :)
Do a search, its been covered before a few times :)

I know, but the search facility is...  :-X

I use google whenever I search this site  ;D
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #4 on: 22 October 2007, 22:33:59 »

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I know, but the search facility is...  :-X .......

Phew! Not just me then!  ::)  ::)  ::)
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #5 on: 22 October 2007, 22:35:58 »

Got it!!!

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Remember to pressure fill the clutch hydraulic system by forcing fluid in through the bleed nipple with an easibleed.

I presume, instead of an easibleed, I could just use my hand pump, to force the fluid in?
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #6 on: 23 October 2007, 11:21:42 »

Best way is to push fluid in through the bleed nipple.
I modified an old easi-bleed, remove the reservoir cap and look for a piece of rubber or silicone hose (tropical fish tank air pipe fits well) that is a tight fit on the nipple and on the easi-bleed pipe.
Use very low air pressure, 10 psi should be enough.

Syringe fluid out of the header tank to make space for new fluid.
Push fluid in through the nipple and take care when you close the nipple otherwise the pipe then blows off and covers you in smelly brake fluid.  ;D
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #7 on: 23 October 2007, 16:44:43 »

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Hi guys,

As you may be aware, my gearbox is currently off, and the hydraulic clutch pipe is disconnected. I'm hoping to refit it all on Wednesday.

Please can someone advise, of the best way to bleed the clutch system?

I am personally thinking, remove the reserviour cap, and force Dot4 through the clutch bleed nipple back up into the tank, but I'd apprecaite an expert opinion, as I've never done this before... :)
Do a search, its been covered before a few times :)

I know, but the search facility is...  :-X

I use google whenever I search this site  ;D
Yup, the search is naff, but using google's site:www.omegaowners.com facility gives a far more powerful search than any application search could manage anyway ;)
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #8 on: 23 October 2007, 19:02:09 »

Reverse bleed is the proper way to do it James, so your idea is spot on ;)
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #9 on: 23 October 2007, 19:13:03 »

Use a syringe as has been suggested and, if you're stuck for a small diameter hose, strip the wires from inside a cable and use the outer sheath.
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #10 on: 23 October 2007, 19:30:51 »

Cheers guys

One more thing - do I need to do anything with the clutch pedal, in relation to bleeding it?
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #11 on: 23 October 2007, 19:33:16 »

No, pedal should remain in the up (normal) position.
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Re: bleeding hydraulic clutch
« Reply #12 on: 23 October 2007, 22:34:41 »

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No, pedal should remain in the up (normal) position.

As said before I wedged my Astra's clutch down when I bled it. My reasoning was that there wold be less fuid in the system to bleed. It worked for me anyway. :)  :)
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