Also make sure you DO NOT pump up the
pedal hard and then release the bleed valve. It will take much longer to
bleed the brakes and you will use more fluid. Open the bleed valve first
then gently push the pedal to the floor. Then close the bleed valve and
let the pedal return to normal position. Repeat the process for each
wheel until several pumps of clear brake fluid come out of the bleed valve.
Bleed the wheels in the following order: RR, LR, RF, then LF.
The reason for doing it this way is to
keep the air and fluid from mixing. Once you put the two together under
extreme pressure you get aerated brake fluid. Then it’s nearly
impossible to get all the air out and you will have spongy brakes.
Ken
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frederick Joslin
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007
4:06 PM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: bleeding disks
I do not know that you should not have the engine running when bleeding
the brakes other than for a safety issue.
Whe you apply power
brakes you are changing the vacuum to the engine so it is reasonable for
the engine to run a little differently.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve B."
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: bleeding disks
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:37:00 -0500
I'm bleeding my disks on my 67. With the
engine running, the pedal of course goes to the
floor until we start the bleeding process.
When I push the pedal to the floor, there is a
slight change in how the car runs. Does this
automatically mean that the booster is bad?
Should the engine have absolutely NO change
when the brakes are applied? Is it bad to bleed
the brakes while the engine is running?(I'm
taking advantage of the power brakes to pump
them).
Chris:
The car is not supposed to be running when
you bleed the brakes. The change in engine
idle would be expected if you were trying to
bleed with the engine running.
Steve B.
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