[A4] Clutch Woes - Round 2

[Richard Hurt]

Tom,

It's looking like the pressure bleeder option is the way to go, and I'm
certainly not scared of building it myself.  Do you have any details or pics
on your build-out?  Is it something like
this<http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/campingart/jettatech/bleeder/index.htm>or
this <http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm>?  What pressure did you
use?

Thanx!
  Richard

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Tom Christiansen <tomchr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Richard,
>
> I bled the clutch on my 1994 90S using a pressure bleeder. Easy...
>
> I built my own pressure bleeder from a garden sprayer, an old brake fluid
> reservoir cap, some hose, and a couple of hose nipples.
>
> Tom
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Richard Hurt <rnhurt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, I just replaced both the master & slave clutch cylinders on my '98 Q
>> 30v
>> and boy was it fun!  The master was by far the hardest and took a couple
>> of
>> hours.  The secret to my installation was to use the firewall seal/steel
>> washer off of the old master.  The new seal was too big for me to get in
>> properly.  I'm talking about the seal that goes around the main line
>> against
>> the firewall - it only keeps out the rain and drafts and should be fine to
>> use the old one.  The slave was really not too bad at all.  I took off the
>> drivers side front tire and had my Dad guide me in.
>>
>> Now for the big question: how the hell do you bleed the clutch system!?!?!
>> We tried the old 2-man manual method but didn't get anywhere.  We also
>> tried
>> the tube in a mason jar method with about the same results.  I looked a
>> little bit on-line and it seems like our cars (+ SAAB & Volvo) require a
>> pressure bleeder.  You can't use a vacuum bleeder because it just sucks
>> the
>> juice out of the master cylinder and I know that the manual method doesn't
>> work.  All we got were some light puffs of air coming out of the system
>> but
>> the pedal still drops right to the floor with no resistance at all.
>>
>> Can anybody point me in the right direction here?  Any recommendations on
>> a
>> pressure bleeder?  How about a DIY model?  The manual says it needs a
>> pressure of 32 psi but that seems quite high to me.
>>
>> Thanx!
>>  Richard
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