97A6Q another bake question

[Kneale Brownson]

At 09:09 PM 07/27/2003 +0000, walian at att.net wrote:
>Hello,
>
>   I have just replaced the front pads on my 97A6Q and blead the brakes using
>the speedbleeders. The brakes still feel spongy and I cant really lock the up
>when slamming on the brakes. I have checked and nothing is leaking. Do you
>have
>to bleed the brakes while the engine is running. Speedbleaders are bleed
>screws
>with a built in check valves. The seem to work fine however the bake pedal
>still goes down 3/4 with minimal resistance.

First, Audi recommends pressure bleeding of the brakes.

Second, you need to bleed the entire system, starting with the bleeder
farthest away from the master cylinder and working your way closer.