Brake Bleeding Sequence

[mustie]

Hi

 

After reading a thread about replaceing brake fliud every 2 years i thought i'd best do mine as had the gal 5 years n never done it

 

bought 1 of the gunsons eezibleed kit

 

plan to do it on sunday , so what the correct sequences for bleeding the brakes ???

 

Had a look on this forum and thereare a few that differ

 

is it nearside rear , offside rear , nearside front , offside front ????

 

Many thanks

[MadBaz]

Thats about it, as a rule of thumb start with the brake furthest from the resovoir.

[muffking]

Same here. I always work from the caliper furthest from the master cylinder to the nearest. Them Gunsons kits are very good BTW. The last time I used mine was on my sporty daily runner to upgrade the fluid to DOT 5.1 for a track day which made a huge difference in reducing brake fade as it turns out that old brake fluid ends up with gas bubbles especially if it's been cooked before, and bubbles in the fluid defeat the point of a hydraulic brake system as the gas compresses more than the liquid giving a spongey brake pedal and less effective brakes.

[mustie]

many thanks for your replys

ok to use dot 4 brake fluid ??

thanks

[muffking]

You can use almost any DOT rating you like if you're flushing the whole system. I can't find any listing in the manual to say what is recommended, but DOT 4 should be fine and is the standard fluid on most suppiers shelves. In fact I had to track down a performance specialist to buy 5.1 and ended up having to buy it from an Impreza tuning garage.

[mustie]

lol at a cost tho

 

Anyway decided to bleed them this afternoon and the gunson ezzi-bleed is a great bit of kit works a treat

 

had more trouble trying to undo the bleed nipples

 

brakes feel better now well worth the