OneSilverS2k

I did a shave and tuck on my engine bay,the ABS pump came out and all the brake lines. I know the pump has or could get air into it. Where do I start for a proceudre to get the fluid back into all the lines, ABS pump, calipers. I am sure someone has done this before, thank you!

OneSilverS2k

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robinson

Try a brake bleeder.

Croc

just bleed.
a lot.
IMO bleed 2 bottles of brake fluid.
try to find vacuum based bleeder - it works better.

BrakeExpert

If you don't bench bleed the master cylinder, it can take quite a lot of fluid to get it out. Assuming you bled the car's old fluid out, try this. Get a 15' piece of bleeder hose (I think 5/16", available at Ace hardware for 39 cents a foot). Bleed each brake by itself, and run the hose upto the master cylinder resovoir. This will basically cycle the fluid through and you can pump it like 100 times for each brake without even needing a friend to help. All the air will come back and bubble out at the MC. Make sure to never let the fluid level hit the bottom of the master cylinder resovoir otherwise it will ingest more air and you'll have to start all over again. This way of doing it does cycle your fluid, so its best to bleed them normally first and get all the old fluid out. But this is a good way to purge all the air out for removing things like ABS or prop valves or hardlines. It'll save you from using many more quarts of fluid too.
P.S. This new forum is garbage, why'd they change it? They should use zeroforum, this new forum is very slow, cluttered, and confusing as heck.

OneSilverS2k

That seems like a good idea. I will be doing this as soon as I get my rotors in and pads!

iam7head

fluid is cheap is enough that you shouldn't reintroducing old fluid in the system period, if you are really on a tight budget, get some dot3 fluid and flush them out first, it shouldn't take more than a quart to flush and bleed out the unit. once you have the system bleeded with dot3, replace it with dot4 unit.

and yes, the new forum is slow as balls.