I attempted to bleed my front brakes months ago and not sure if it was done right. Car has been sitting all this time. Anyhow, I moved my car about 50 yards to another parking space in my apartments. The pads on the front appear to be cleaning the discs off. But, when car is off pump the brakes and pressure is built up. But you can still push the pedal down a ways. And when pump the brakes when car is running, the brake fluid in the res. bubbles. Is it supposed to do that?

Thanks,
Brandon

 

did u bleed them the right way? did u go from the passenger side to the driver side for the fronts? also did u have the person inside the car pump the pedal 3 times and hold the pedal while u bleed the brakes.

 

I did driver to passenger. Everything else I did also.

Brandon

 

well the wya it should be done is if ur just doing the fronts, u have to start at the passenger side and then go over to the driver side, since its a further distance from the master cylender there might be more air in the long brake lines then the other shorter brake line.

but if ur doin all four wheels then start from the passenger side rear then the driver side , then the passenger side front and then the driver side.

 

Ok the proper way to bleed the brakes:

Get a small bottle like a water bottle. Fill it with some brake fluid. Get some tubing to put on the bleeder valve and come down into the bottle below the brake fluid surface. Loosen the bleeder valve to the point it isn't open but easy to open and close. Have someone in the car pump the brakes a few time to build pressure. On say the fourth pump have them hold the pedal down. While the pedal is down open the valve. Look in the bottle to see if any bubbles come out. Should look like if you were to blow into a straw in a drink. Close the valve after a couple seconds and have the person in the car pump the brakes again. Repeat the process until no bubbles come out of the end of the tubing in the brake fluid.

 

I've had good luck with gravity bleeding the brake lines. Pop the cap off the fluid reservoir and crack open a bleeder valve. Fluid will naturally flow from high to low points and will come out of the bleeder screw. Just get some small Tygon drain line and put the end in a plastic bottle and let it flow until you get clear fluid out of it. You can also pump the pedal a bit to speed it up, but ONLY pump the pedal with the reservoir cap on! If you don't, fluid will fly all over you engine compartment.

Ed

 

Here's what I did: Wife pumped brakes 3 times to relieve pressure. Then she held the brake in while I opened a bleeder valve. When I saw fluid only come out, bleeder was closed. We only did each wheel once. I'm not sure we did right 'cause when the car is off and you pump the brakes, pressure builds up but you can still mash a little further.

Brandon

 

Always start with the wheel that is farthest from the master cylinder that needs to be bled(in your case,fr pass)Ive always had good result with my cal-van 1 man bleeder.Its just a small length of hose w/a 1-way valve on 1 end.You connect the open end to the bleeder screw open it.then pump the brk pedal until fluid doesnt spurt out & you only fluid comin out.The just close the bleeder.