Re: Flush Completed, Bleeding Going Badly...

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>
To: Christopher A. Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>
Cc: quattro-digest@coimbra.ans.net <quattro-digest@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:57 PM
Subject: RE: Flush Completed, Bleeding Going Badly...


>Chris,
>I went through the same procedure this morning. But no groaning noise.
>When I did the the steering wheel routine with wheels-in-the-air--engine
>*off*, I saw some bubbles coming up each time the wheel approached full
>lock _left_. After about 10 times, it pretty much stopped bubbling, and I
>topped up the fluid. This made  a total of one liter. Then I lowered the
>car and started engine. Level went down a bunch (4-5 ounces). Topped up and
>turned the wheel lock/lock once or twice and the level went another ounce
>or two further. Used about 1-1/4 liter altogether.
>
>In my case, the bleeding _after_ the engine was running lowered the fluid
>volume more than bleeding with the engine-off. Sounds like there's still
>air trapped in your system. Did you do some lock-to-lock turns while
>driving? If not, do a few. You may see the fluid level drop a bit.
>
Phil;

    A lot of the fluid that "disappeared" after you started the engine went
into the bomb as it charged up. You can get it back by pumping the brakes
with the engine off - the level in the reservoir will rise. This, BTW, is
why you don't fill the reservoir above the "Max" mark - discharging the bomb
will spew fluid out the top of the reservoir if it is too full.

Fred Munro
'91 200q  263k km