MitchF150 wrote:
Btw, turtle n peeps is 100% correct. Any "mechanic" that says any different, is the one that shouldn't be working on vehicles.
OMG.. Have you ever worked on a vehicle before yourself or bleed the brakes on a vehicle?? I just did this YESTERDAY on a 2003 RAV4 and the damn pedal went to the floor when I opened up the damn BLEEDER valve... That's how I've bleed brakes for the last 38 freaking years and that's with my own family's vehicles when I was 13 years old and Mom and Dad are still here.... ;) (Dad is the one who showed me how to do it, as well as all the other "mechanic" stuff I do on a regular basis.. ;) )
I don't give a flipping eff what the "law" says... All I know is if I open a bleeder valve on a single wheel, the damn brake pedal goes to the FLOOR BOARD and there is no other pressure to the rest of the system...
Jeez.... :)
Mitch
Yes, I've done quite a few. I was a full time PROFESSIONAL auto mechanic for years. I also owned, drove, and maintained a very successful race car operation, where brakes are more important than HP.
I'm sure your pedal went further down than it normally would with the bleeder shut. BUT, had you driven the car, you still would have had brakes. Not 100% braking power you would have with all bleeders shut, but it would stop the car.
Now if you had one front, and one rear bleeder open at the same time, sure no brakes, no pedal.
