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joes_1.4_16v_sport

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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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1st Nov 08 at 21:24

Changed the fronts on my B from 1.4 16v "Green stuff" grooved+ vented to 2.0 set up...

Need to bleed the system?

Fucking scary not having any other brakes other then your handbreak

Help!

Thanks,

Joe

scotts v6

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1st Nov 08 at 21:27

ya need to bleed them up mate yes

joes_1.4_16v_sport

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1st Nov 08 at 21:33

Can somebody clarify what I need to do?

I read the tutorial but obv not worked...

Yes I am a tit

alan-g-w

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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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2nd Nov 08 at 14:43

What way are your bleed nipples pointing? Up or down?

Mobby

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2nd Nov 08 at 14:45

get your mate to sit in the car, tell him to pump the pedal three times and hold it there, and when hes done that you open up the bleed nipple and close it again quickly

do this untill you stop seeing bubbles coming out

S77 CKL

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Registered: 16th Aug 08
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2nd Nov 08 at 15:01

Open the bledd nipple on passenger side, get a mate to pump the brake pedal for say a good 10 pumps, on the 11th hold it down. Close the nipple. Do this to the driver's side. Check pedal staus, if hard then fine if abit spongey repeat above.

alan-g-w

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2nd Nov 08 at 16:04

quote:
Originally posted by mobby
get your mate to sit in the car, tell him to pump the pedal three times and hold it there, and when hes done that you open up the bleed nipple and close it again quickly

do this untill you stop seeing bubbles coming out

Agreed.

But make sure the bleed nipples are pointing up 1st...

alan-g-w

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2nd Nov 08 at 16:05

quote:
Originally posted by S77 CKL
Open the bledd nipple on passenger side, get a mate to pump the brake pedal for say a good 10 pumps, on the 11th hold it down. Close the nipple. Do this to the driver's side. Check pedal staus, if hard then fine if abit spongey repeat above.

If you do that you're just going to lose a helluva lot of fluid.

john_c20xe

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Registered: 10th Feb 08
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2nd Nov 08 at 19:27

quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w

quote:
Originally posted by S77 CKL
Open the bledd nipple on passenger side, get a mate to pump the brake pedal for say a good 10 pumps, on the 11th hold it down. Close the nipple. Do this to the driver's side. Check pedal staus, if hard then fine if abit spongey repeat above.

If you do that you're just going to lose a helluva lot of fluid.

yeh leave the nipples closed when pumping

S77 CKL

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2nd Nov 08 at 19:34

You lose the fluid out of the nipple and replenish the fluid in the bottle.

When was your brake fluid last fully changed, as remember brake fluid is hydroscopic

john_c20xe

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2nd Nov 08 at 21:56

brake fluid is yeh, i usually bleed the brakes then change the fluid, and blees them again after if you want to change the fluid, but i use a air power bleeder

S77 CKL

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3rd Nov 08 at 20:07

I do at work but if i was doing it at home use a tube from nipple and point it into a bottle to catch the old fluid.

john_c20xe

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3rd Nov 08 at 22:28

oh yeh i supose, leave sum fluid in the bottle to start woth so u dnt draw any air bubbles in and easier to see when the air bubbles have gone

konlabos

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5th Nov 08 at 19:06

buy a haynes manual............. 18.99@halfords