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Wierd brake pedal, A5KCSTQ



In message <01BCAEE7.528CF860@ncc@scr.siemens.com> "Nicholas C. Craft" writes:

> By the way, I made a pressure bleeder out of a junkyard brake fluid
> reservoir cap by drilling it and fitting a tire valve to it. It fits our Audi
> and 944, and a Gti also.

I have an OTC 'Mityvac' hand vacuum pump with a brake bleeding device.  It's 
basically the reservoir of a spraygun in reverse.
 
Can this be used in place of a pressure bleeder?  In theory, the potentials 
across the system are the same if I lower pressure one end or raise it the 
other.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club