Brake bleeder suggestions
Interested in upgrading mine, any feedback on the ones offered would be appreciated. I see they have a power bleeder and my first thought was brake fluid under air pressure around my painted vehicles.
Forum Discussion
I use the motive pressure bleeder.
gtwo person bleeding works fine on older vehicles. However some of the newer vehicles call out pressure bleeding in the service procedure to make sure the ABS system is properly bleed.
Even on vehicles that don't require pressure bleeding I've found the motive pressure bleeder is faster and more consistent than the old two man bleeding. Even compared to using the miti vac.
Two of my 1997 model vehices are very specific in specifying pressure bleeding with 2 bar (28psi) pressure to properly change fluid and make sure the ABS system is flushed with no air.
So...... check your vehicle service procedure and see what they call out.
And regarding a previous post mentioning DOT 5 fluid. DO NOT use DOT 5 unless the veyhicle came with DOT 5. you can use DOT 5.1 which is compatible with DOT3, 4 4+ etc. but do NOT use DOT 5 as a replacement for any other DOT fluid.
gtwo person bleeding works fine on older vehicles. However some of the newer vehicles call out pressure bleeding in the service procedure to make sure the ABS system is properly bleed.
Even on vehicles that don't require pressure bleeding I've found the motive pressure bleeder is faster and more consistent than the old two man bleeding. Even compared to using the miti vac.
Two of my 1997 model vehices are very specific in specifying pressure bleeding with 2 bar (28psi) pressure to properly change fluid and make sure the ABS system is flushed with no air.
So...... check your vehicle service procedure and see what they call out.
And regarding a previous post mentioning DOT 5 fluid. DO NOT use DOT 5 unless the veyhicle came with DOT 5. you can use DOT 5.1 which is compatible with DOT3, 4 4+ etc. but do NOT use DOT 5 as a replacement for any other DOT fluid.
