[s-cars] Pressure bleeder question

[Harold McComas]

Not sure but, I thought you only need to put about 7-lbs of pressure, no 
more than 10. I heard anything higher could cause probs with seals, 
fittings, etc.
You are not "power flushing" the brake system.

Harold
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> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:38:27 -0400
> From: Mike Claire <mike.claire at gmail.com>
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> I just got a Motive pressure bleeder.  Kind of looks like a garden
> sprayer except the end of the hose has a cap that screws onto the top
> of the brake fluid reservoir.
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> I was just wondering, if you go putting a lot of pressure into the
> system from the top of the reservoir, isn't the weak link going to be
> the friction fitting where the blue woven hose plugs into the clutch
> master cylinder?  Can that fitting really take 15 or 30 lbs pressure
> without blowing off?  Thoughts of spraying a pint of brake fluid all
> over the inside of my car have me wondering....
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> Mike
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