I'm attempting to bleed my brakes, and I'm getting no fluid, or very little, coming out of the front calipers. Here's the short version of the events. Replaced Master cylinder. Broke off a bleeder on one of the rear cylinders, so the project stalled. I went out of town, etc, about 3 weeks pass. Anyway, put in the replacement rear wheel cylinder, and start to bleed again. rear wheels bleeding fine. At one point I was getting fluid out of LF, but I don't think the RF ever was giving me much. Now I pump the pedal and then hold it to the floor, open the bleeder and get a very slow minimal flow of fluid. The caliper is actually loose like there is no pressure in it pushing on the piston. I suppose it could be seized but I don't think so since it is only a year or 2 old. And the LF is doing the same thing now. Bentley talks about pushing the lever on the brake pressure regulator toward the rear axe while bleeding. I think that instruction is from another car, since there is no lever on the brake pressure regulator. There is a procedure to test the Brake Pressure regulator, that involves removing it from the body and tilting it forward. Should I have to do that to bleed the brakes? I could find no hydraulic schematic in the Bentley, but assume this is a dual diagonal braking system. Thanks for any help. Edward |
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