Brake bleeding

I would use an Eezi Bleed kit (which you can get in Halfords).

Fill up the supplied bottle with fluid and attach the silicone hose.

Suck out old fluid from resevoir with syringe (and replace with fresh or you'll get air in the cylinder).

Attach bottle to master cylinder.

Attach bottle to tyre.

Open Bleed valve.

Close Bleed valve when fluid coming out is new.

Rinse and repeat on 4 wheels (and clutch if it is supplied from the same resevoir).
 
Only problem with easibleed kits is they appear to be made out of cheese and after one or two uses will develop a leak and stop working.

Annoying, but I guess the typical home mechanic will have lost the damn thing before they need to use it again anyway.
 
This reminds me, I wanted to change my brake fluid. Off the back of the night driving thread, I might take a late night trip to the 24h asda to get some.
 
I've had no success with the Gunson Eezibleed, unless you call coating the entire engine bay with an explosion of brake fluid a success.
 
Lopéz said:
I've had no success with the Gunson Eezibleed, unless you call coating the entire engine bay with an explosion of brake fluid a success.
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I read a few stories of this so dropped the tyre pressure to 15psi and wrapped some cloths around the reservoir and joints. Everything was fine though and the result was great.

The traditional method didn't work for me this weekend (when fitting new calipers to our Fiesta) as some fluid was seeping around the bleed nipple threads. Possibly, when pumping the pedal air was being drawn in. I could have tightened the nipple for each lift of the pedal but called it a day, went shopping and then used the Eezi bleed the next day.
 
You dont need a kit if you have someone to pump the brakes, just a length of tube to go over the nipple and a jam jar :-) atleast thats how its always been badly done in my house.

TBH if you arent confident about doing it then you may wish to leave it. I helped my dad do his this week and decided to do mine after, I managed to snap the bleed nipple in the caliper which was the start of a bit of a saga. Luckily I had a spare caliper which I swapped over but in my haste the spring holding the pads in place was fitted incorrectly. This meant the brakes felt very soft like there was air in the system but no amount of bleeding did the trick, it was until I took the whole lot apart again I realised my stupid mistake.

Good luck :)
 
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