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[Andy B]

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I found the seal around the fluid bottle leaked brake fluid everywhere and  ......

That's how I found that the destructions said to drop the tyre pressure.  :-?
I have a couple of other spare wheels I use instaed of digging the car's spare out.

Your schraeder valve is a good idea though 

[Jimbob]

An Easy-bleed is indeed a good option. If anything, it eliminated the repeated briefings explaining the procedure to Mrs. KW.

I found the seal around the fluid bottle leaked brake fluid everywhere and it was a pain getting a spare tyre out every time, so mine now just has a schraeder valve on it and I connect it to the compressor, set it to 10-20 PSI and bleed using the fluid in the reservoir. Check the level after every wheel and it's fine.

If you hear a sound like a kid getting to the bottom of his bottle of coke while drinking through a straw you're in trouble - the reservoir is empty. Don't ask me how I know what it sounds like.

Oh, and you don't need the engine running. In fact, if bleeding the manual way I would NOT have the engine running because you can feel what's going on without the brake servo working!
 
Kevin

That seal went on mine too, just removed the bottle from the equation and just use it to pressurise the reservoir instead, still with the tyre though.

[V6 CDX-er]

Thanks all for the tips and advice. You guys are great. 

I've heard good things and bad about the ezi-bleed systems, but with funds being very short, for the moment I think I'll stick to the manual version. By making it a three man job, with one person watching the resevoir at all times, I hope to eliminate the risk of running the system dry of brake fluid.

cheers all 

[mrgreen]

manually you won't need three people and you won't ned the car running just take your time communication is the key with nipple guy starting and pedal guy stopping! and you may need to bleed both sides i always run atube into a glass from the nipple so if it does suck anything back generally it's fluid. never used ezibleed but would love to give it a go but the ammount of use it wouldd get it would be like my wii console!! a toy for a week!

[Andy B]

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 i always run atube into a glass from the nipple so if it does suck anything back generally it's fluid.  ....

but you're more likely suck air past the threads of the nipple rather than fluid back up through the tube. 

[Cliffo B]

Ouch! sorry Kevin you've had probs with cap leakage,must have copped a bad one,or is yours a Gunsons or some other make? I never had any trouble, would have binned mine at the slightest hint, a bit phsycho about brake fluid and bodywork.As an air source, for convenience, I generally lower the front drivers wheel pressure to about 15 psi and use that for the air supply tube as it is long enough to allow the fluid supply bottle to park near the brake fluid reservoir. Easy enough to reinflate a tyre when jobs done.Must confess I've had mine a good few years, last used it a few months back to renew miggy's full system fluid and job done with ease

[geoffr70]

Don't forget that there is a sequence you're meant to observe when bleeding brake fluid. It's late and I'm drunk so can't remember what it is, but will find out.

[Andy B]

Don't forget that there is a sequence you're meant to observe when bleeding brake fluid.....

which varies with age of car, but as is the case with you, I've had a drink or  5 and will ask Mr Haynes another time 

[Shackeng]

An Easy-bleed is indeed a good option. If anything, it eliminated the repeated briefings explaining the procedure to Mrs. KW.

I found the seal around the fluid bottle leaked brake fluid everywhere and it was a pain getting a spare tyre out every time, so mine now just has a schraeder valve on it and I connect it to the compressor, set it to 10-20 PSI and bleed using the fluid in the reservoir. Check the level after every wheel and it's fine.

If you hear a sound like a kid getting to the bottom of his bottle of coke while drinking through a straw you're in trouble - the reservoir is empty. Don't ask me how I know what it sounds like.

Oh, and you don't need the engine running. In fact, if bleeding the manual way I would NOT have the engine running because you can feel what's going on without the brake servo working!
 
Kevin

That sounds very familiar, and is why I bought an ezi-bleed, which works as advertised, but not on SWMBO's Jazz due accessibility of reservoir.

[freecall666]

Thanks all for the tips and advice. You guys are great. 

I've heard good things and bad about the ezi-bleed systems, but with funds being very short, for the moment I think I'll stick to the manual version. By making it a three man job, with one person watching the resevoir at all times, I hope to eliminate the risk of running the system dry of brake fluid.

cheers all 

if you have a motor sport shop near you they in there for £9.99 on sale.