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MiraclePieCo · 05-22-2018, 06:36 PM

Follow up:

I re-bled my MC on the car and this time secured the lid by snapping down the bales while I removed the bench bleed tubes and attached the permanent hard lines, as recommended by astute members of this forum. Only about a teaspoon came out of each port while they were open, which was easy to contain. I had been avoiding closing the bales because they are EXTREMELY hard to snap down, but evidently just setting the lid on the top doesn't provide adequate vacuum to prevent fluid draining out. I've bench bled many systems, but never encountered this before. Evidently I'd always closed the lid before. Thanks for the suggestions gentlemen!

Now the next problem: I can't get any fluid to the rear brakes, no matter how much I pump the pedal. Why not? Would a vacuum bleeder pull it through?

05-22-2018, 06:36 PM	#13
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: Bench Bleeding Mess Follow up: I re-bled my MC on the car and this time secured the lid by snapping down the bales while I removed the bench bleed tubes and attached the permanent hard lines, as recommended by astute members of this forum. Only about a teaspoon came out of each port while they were open, which was easy to contain. I had been avoiding closing the bales because they are EXTREMELY hard to snap down, but evidently just setting the lid on the top doesn't provide adequate vacuum to prevent fluid draining out. I've bench bled many systems, but never encountered this before. Evidently I'd always closed the lid before. Thanks for the suggestions gentlemen! Now the next problem: I can't get any fluid to the rear brakes, no matter how much I pump the pedal. Why not? Would a vacuum bleeder pull it through?