[T3] bleeding brakes question
Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Mon Aug 1 10:19:11 PDT 2011
On 1 Aug 2011 at 9:50, Bryon Garvin wrote:
> This worked for me last night but it was hard to know when I was completely
> done. I waited and waited on the rears and felt like I had seen no bubbles
> for a while and reached up to close the bleed screw and then a whole bunch
> of air came out again. So I waited for that to finish and then closed it.
>
> Would you say maybe 3-4 minutes is long enough ? Just wondering if you had
> a tip on how long to wait, Jim :)
For gravity bleeding, I usually open one valve at a time, starting
with the rears. The LR first, takes the longest because you're
waiting for fluid to come the farthest. That might take 10 minutes.
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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