ogamer777
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- May 22, 2016
1984 242
I purchased and installed remanufactured front calipers, pads and rotors. I also went ahead and purged the brake fluid system and attempted to replace it. Well here lies my problem.
I do not own a power bleeder so I went with the manual bleeding method. I followed the correct order in which to bleed calipers. So as we are bleeding the rear driver side caliper, very little fluid is coming out. I am using a power bleeder bottle to catch the fluid. https://www.ipdusa.com/products/4679/111342-motive-power-brake-bleeder-catch-bottle-1820
What I am experiencing is the fluid/air will go towards the bottle, then once I close the bleeder screw, the fluid and air mixture will still go back into the caliper somehow. What is going on here? I have never experienced this while manually bleeding the brakes. When I have the hose detached, the fluid comes out and I cannot tell if any air is getting in through the bleeder valve. Fluid is going down in the reservoir. We ended up trying to bleed it for long time, like 45 minutes. At one point, it seemed like air was just coming through the hose but like I said before, the air would just go right back where it came from.
What am I doing wrong? This is my first time bleeding brakes on a 240.
I purchased and installed remanufactured front calipers, pads and rotors. I also went ahead and purged the brake fluid system and attempted to replace it. Well here lies my problem.
I do not own a power bleeder so I went with the manual bleeding method. I followed the correct order in which to bleed calipers. So as we are bleeding the rear driver side caliper, very little fluid is coming out. I am using a power bleeder bottle to catch the fluid. https://www.ipdusa.com/products/4679/111342-motive-power-brake-bleeder-catch-bottle-1820
What I am experiencing is the fluid/air will go towards the bottle, then once I close the bleeder screw, the fluid and air mixture will still go back into the caliper somehow. What is going on here? I have never experienced this while manually bleeding the brakes. When I have the hose detached, the fluid comes out and I cannot tell if any air is getting in through the bleeder valve. Fluid is going down in the reservoir. We ended up trying to bleed it for long time, like 45 minutes. At one point, it seemed like air was just coming through the hose but like I said before, the air would just go right back where it came from.
What am I doing wrong? This is my first time bleeding brakes on a 240.