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CORSA NUT
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3rd Apr 13 at 18:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Don't fucking facepalm me


Jesus that made me
*CorsaCal*
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Originally posted by Ben G
Don't fucking facepalm me


Jesus that made me


I must admit it did me too!
Ben G
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Don't fucking facepalm me I meant drain it by sucking it out the top, wiping the resovoir with a cloth then re-filling without touching the bleed nipples at all.



That wouldn't even be possible to do that.


A cs member said they had done this before, so I guess it is possible.
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Don't fucking facepalm me I meant drain it by sucking it out the top, wiping the resovoir with a cloth then re-filling without touching the bleed nipples at all.



That wouldn't even be possible to do that.


A cs member said they had done this before, so I guess it is possible.


Nope as the valve wouldn't open. Would only empty the tank not lines and calipers.
Ben G
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3rd Apr 13 at 18:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Exactly, hence the word BODGE.
Steve
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warrens got something that just sucks it all out
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similar to them ones that sucks your oil out for oil changes i think
*CorsaCal*
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Yes at work we use a snap on blue point one where you connect it to compressed air lines and it suck all the fluid out of the nipples. Once the systems empty you refill it and then the best way is to bleed by getting someone to sit in the car and pump the pedal until no air comes out then hold the pedal down and close the nipple.
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3rd Apr 13 at 19:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ben is on about garages using mums turkey baster to suck the visible fluid out the reservoir and then topping it up so the fluid looks fresh.
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The Essex brake bleed
Ben G
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Ben is on about garages using mums turkey baster to suck the visible fluid out the reservoir and then topping it up so the fluid looks fresh.


Indeed.
Jamie-C
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3rd Apr 13 at 20:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Don't fucking facepalm me dickhead

*CorsaCal*
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Whos added dickhead?
Primey86
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I use a cheapo vizibleed kit, cost about £2 from motosave.

http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/1277/9500.jpg
Ben G
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Whos added dickhead?


jamie did, probably thought it'd be funny.
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Originally posted by Kyle T
Are these any good? From what I can gather they remove the requirement to have somebody sat in the car squeezing the peddle between opening and closing the bleed nipple, and simply suck through the open nipple until (clean) fluid appears.

Sounds nice and easy on paper, but has anybody actually used one of these kits with success - and if so can you recommend a good kit?


Not used one myself Kyle but used plenty of pressure bleeders.

They are superior to a two man bleed, because you don't risk damaging or disrupting the seals in the master cylinder.

This can be a possibility with an old school, two man, manual bleed, due to the potential additional travel on the brake pedal and as a result, the master cylinder piston.
SVM 286
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know it's been done properly (not just sucked out and filled back up).


What do you think the proper way is if you think "sucked out and filled back up" is the bodge way??


This does happen. It can be rife.


And it means the fluid has not been changed. All that is new is what is in the reservoir.

Everything in the pipes/lines and brake components is the same old shit.

I have my own electronic fluid tester which measures water content, so I can advise whether a car needs a fluid change or not when i'm servicing it.
SVM 286
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ahh I see. Well ive never heard of this happening.


It happens and has happened. A lot. Usually at main agents in my experience and that of friends in the same field.
Kyle T
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4th Apr 13 at 08:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers SVM, I'll get one picked up for sure.

Looking forward to doing my brakes, they're almost non-existent atm.

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4th Apr 13 at 10:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've got one of those one way nipped things, cost a fiver from halfords and I find it much better than those ez bleeds that piss brake fluid all over the car
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They do seem to have the quality of a primary school bug catcher.

Pooter or something like that
Mieran
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I use the pressurised easy bleed kit and its spot on, I've got 2 tips though:

Don't fill up the bottle like it tells you to, remove the cap and fill the master cylinder directly

And make sure the wheel doesn't have more than 20psi or you'll damage your master cylinder seals
SVM 286
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5th Apr 13 at 01:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Spot on Mieran.

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