[T3] bleeding brakes question

[crash 69]

FYI:

I had lots of "experience" with bleeding a few months back when after
several bleeding attempts (by the book), I could not get all of the air out.
 The culprit was the center tunnel hard line, which was NOT visibly leaking.
 Once changed (a real pain), it solved the problem.  Lesson learned;
sometimes you can have pinhole air leaks in those lines with NO escaping
fluid.  Weird.


On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 2 Aug 2011 at 7:28, Know One wrote:
>
> > The key is to run the drain line from the bleeder -up- and then down
> > to a container. By having it up hill of the bleed valve, bubbles go
> > -up- and away from the valve. Bubbles at the end of the valve will be
> > sucked back up into the cylinder if the tube runs directly down.
>
> Exactly right! Especially if the tube then runs to the bottom of the
> container, so that it stays full of fluid.
>
>
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