At 04:20 PM 8/30/2004, de Brebisson, Cyrille wrote:
>Hello,
>
>As I was working on the break system, it looked to me as if the system
>was "open" ie, if you do not press on a pedal, air bubbles up to the
>break fluid reservoir, and if you have the bleed nipple open, break
>fluid will drain from there.
>
>So, my question is: is it acceptable (especially when alone) to "bleed"
>the system just by opening the bleed nipple and waiting a little bit?
>
>Cyrille
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Only do it alone, though! You don't want to be seen!
Actually, it will work for the clutch, but it might take weeks if it works
at all for the brakes.
Have a friend help, or get those fancy speed-bleeders some folks advocate.
Peter
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