Re: Urq bleedin' brakes

["John Corbishley" <JCorbs@gtresort.com>]

IME, pressure bleeding is the only effective way.  Easibleed at $24.95 does
it for me.

John Corbs
Traverse City, MI
'83 & '85 Ur-qs (for my sins)
----- Original Message -----
From: Buchholz, Steven <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>
To: <DGraber460@aol.com>
Cc: 'qlist' <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: RE: Urq bleedin' brakes


> > produced a
> > steady (no bubbles) stream of brake fluid. Then I noticed
> > that as the pedal
> > was depressed, Pentosin was being pushed out the top of the hydraulic
> > reservoir.
> > What in the world is going on here? The Bentley doesn't shed
> > much light here.
>
> ... I don't know about your bleeding problems ... perhaps the bleed nipple
> is plugged?  I'll bet that the hydraulic fluid reservoir overflow is a
> simple overfilling ... I'll bet just about every ur-q owner has done it.
> You open the reservoir and don't see any fluid and think that you've got a
> problem so that you refill it.  If you read the owner's manual it tells
you
> that you check the level in the reservoir after shutting down the engine
and
> depressing the brake pedal 30-40 times.
>
> Do you really have Pentosin in the hydraulic system?  My '83 QTC is
running
> the specified Dexron ATF ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>