Bleeding brakes

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2007 inverness Posts: 161 clio 172
    #1
    Need a guide to bleeding brakes with photos if possible needing to bleed brakes on my little bros corsa arizona i dont ave a clue any help appreciated.
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2007 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 9578 Saxo VTS
    #2
    i cant giv you pics mate but ive seen the garage do mine and basically all they did was

    1, remove brake fluid cap
    2, have someone else repeatdly press the brake (with the car not running)
    3, cover the brake fluid resovoir with there hand and pump the brakes again
    4, uncover and pump them again
    5, repeat steps 3 & 4

    they done this for around 10mins, not sure if its the right way to do it lol

    but i had new hoses etc put on the back and thats what they done and my brakes are fine! hope this helps mate
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 823
    #3
    not how i do it,

    get someone in the car to pump the brake while you go around the car and crack the "bleed nipples" this is how to bleed brakes.
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2007 Wickford, ESSEX Posts: 3094 citroen saxo 1.1 VW polo 1.4 16v Fiesta 1.25
    #4
    Yeah, you have to undo the bleed nipples enough so fluid can come out, put a clear pipe over it and put the pipe in a jar, get someone to pump brakes, you can then see in the pipe if air bubbles are present, when finished each side, get them to push pedal down and retigthen bleed nipple. Make sure the fluid is kept topped up aswell so no extra air is in system.
  5. Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1280
    #5
    start at the furthest from master cylinder when no more air is persent close bleed nipple,do other side same then the fronts check after bleeding system that the pedal does not pump up if it does there is still air in system start again