Whatever shortcomings the mechanic may be guilty of, there is no requirement to bleed the fronts just because a leak in the rear drained the fluid out of the rear section. The fluid reservoir is divided into 2 parts, for safety. You can have a major leak in either front or rear and the other part will still have plenty of fluid to operate without any air getting into the good side. I personally would normally bleed both systems just to get fresh fluid into them both, even if I only replaced parts in one. Mark
Keith Hughes wrote: > ..................... > >> Should the mechanoc flushed all >> fluids >> > Not necessarily. Good practice, but not necessarily *common* practice. > >> and make sure no air was in the lines? >> > Absolutely! Too basic to even argue about. And not just the rears > either. Since you were leaking fluid, any competent mechanic would > assume the possibility of fluid getting low and air getting sucked in > the master cylinder. He would automatically bleed all wheels to make > sure. We're talking about 5 minutes here, seriously. > ....................... |
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