[s-cars] Motive Power Bleeders...?

[Cody Forbes]

I think everybody is more concerned with water contamination. Shop air  
is a bad idea since, even filtered, is rather wet.

-Cody
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On May 18, 2009, at 6:15 PM, "Kunz, Bob" <bob.kunz at hp.com> wrote:

> Purple people eaters from the vanguard of space made Mike Sylvester  
> say:
>
>> There are 2 reasons not to put fluid in the bottle.
>> 1.) The bleeder will last longer if not subjected to brake fluid.
>> 2.) Any unused fluid is contaminated and should be discarded.
>
> I thought about these two items and did this...
>
> 1. After use, clean with denatured alcohol as described in the  
> instructions, but before you do that...
> 2. Just pressure push the remaining fluid out into your original  
> container. Contaminated is relative here and cycling fluid through a  
> clean bleeder shouldn't contaminate it.
>
> To make this easy just use a male air chuck fitting which snaps on  
> to the bleeder's line. If you make a male to male one of these you  
> can also use it to push filtered shop air back through to dry it  
> after cleaning.
>
> The biggest reason to put fluid in the bottle is so that you don't  
> run out of fluid in the reservoir. Don't know about you but when I  
> do this, I move at least 1/2 liter through to the right rear before  
> it clears. There's no way 1/2 liter of fluid is in the reservoir, so  
> you'll have to release pressure, fill, and re-apply pressure kind of  
> defeating the purpose. And *that* more than anything else will  
> introduce dirt into the reservoir.
>
> But if you want to go that route, no need to buy the pressure pump,  
> just get the right fitting for the car (I think it's the 1100) and  
> connect to your shop air supply.
>
> --bob
> '86 5ks Avant
> '99 A6 Avant
> '02 TTQR
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