The easiest way to bleed brakes is with a power bleeder. You don't have to get a pedal pumper (girlfriend?) to push and release one million times. I had trouble with air in the clutch circuit, and found bubbles when we used the bleeder machine. The Bentley book says to bleed only with a power bleeder. In any event, if you have opened the system to that extent, you will need to bleed a few times, pumping the pedal vigorously.
Aaron Robinson wrote: > Sorry...I knew that I forgot that all important year info as soon as I > sent my mail. > > It's a 1991 Vanagon GL. What happened was I was changing the pads and > accidentally pumped the caliper piston out, letting a bit of fluid out of > the system. I fixed that, but the brakes are really spongy...no > pressure on the first pump, but with 2 more quick ones, it will pump up > and stop fairly quickly. > > Before I changed the pads the brakes were a bit spongy and that wasn't due > to the pads being worn (what I have no clue). But now that I changed them > and lost some of the fluid (and maybe got some air in there?) they are > *really* spongy. Changing the pads shouldn't affect this...it just gets > rid > of that nasty metal on metal sound. > > Now what I was going to try to do was bleed the brakes and see if that > improved them back to their state before I "fixed" them. I've never bled > brakes. I will have another person around, but I need to know the process > first. > > I hope that helps to fill you in on the info > > Thanks for the help! > Aaron |
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