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Bleeding air from brake lines - advice ??

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Old 07-30-2010, 04:13 AM
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Default Bleeding air from brake lines - advice ??
98 S70. fixed leak, now need to bleed air from lines.....how can I tell when I have all the air out? does this require pumping the brakes as filling is done ?
 
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First.. are you rying to bleed alone or do you have someone who can pump the brake ?

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Old 07-30-2010, 10:35 PM
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I don't care if you have a helper or not; the only way to bleed brakes on modern cars with ABS is with a pressure bleeder! Then it's a one person job too.

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All you need is a pressure bleeder
 
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