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BIGbuffVR6
 Number of posts : 461
Age : 35
Location : Fordham
Drives : Audi A8 (D2 phase 1) 4.2 V8 quattro daily MK 1 GTI cab toy
Registration date : 2009-12-16
| | Subject: bleeding brakes. Tue Sep 07 2010, 18:50 | |
| hi folks. i have a mk 1 golf. i have fitted a mk 2 rear beam running disk brakes.. i am unable to get a good pedal when bleeding.. i get a good firmness but it still goes to the floor..  and as soon as i run the engine i loose any pressure i once had?  please help.. thankyou | |
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whatalotafun
Number of posts : 1656
Age : 40
Location : on the road
Drives : fiesta zetec, eunos roadster, 1970 bug, honda vt 250
Registration date : 2009-06-26
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Fri Sep 10 2010, 12:48 | |
| you might be losing that pressure when the engine is running due to the servo helping,
i have an easybleed thing in my car that helps no end with bleeding the brakes, you're welcome to borrow it | |
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whittle
Number of posts : 1882
Age : 34
Location : Secret Base
Drives : along the pavement
Registration date : 2009-09-11
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Fri Sep 10 2010, 13:29 | |
| did you upgrade the servo and m/c to mk2 ones? | |
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james.
Number of posts : 719
Age : 33
Location : soham
Drives : bmw 740
Registration date : 2008-07-02
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Sat Sep 11 2010, 10:12 | |
| Have you clamped up all the hoses to see what its like then? If you clamp up all the brake hoses on each wheel and then try the pedal and its fine then you just need to release one clamp at a time untill you find the brake thats causing the pedal to sink.
Or if the pedal is still exactly the same then its either air further up in the system or the servo at fault. | |
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BIGbuffVR6
Number of posts : 461
Age : 35
Location : Fordham
Drives : Audi A8 (D2 phase 1) 4.2 V8 quattro daily MK 1 GTI cab toy
Registration date : 2009-12-16
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Sun Sep 12 2010, 16:35 | |
| hi bpeeps.. thanks v much for all your help and sugestions.. but i have now cured the fault. belive it or not, call me a dick but my granddad fitted the rear callipers and put them on upside down.. this for some reason wouldnt allow me to bleed them..  cheers anyway  | |
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tomstanforster
Number of posts : 1385
Age : 39
Location : Maaaarch
Drives : Mk1 Karmann cabby,Mk1 caddy,B3 waggon,2011 caddy van
Registration date : 2009-10-19
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Sun Sep 12 2010, 19:06 | |
| hate to say it dude but,I TOLD U SO  | |
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BIGbuffVR6
Number of posts : 461
Age : 35
Location : Fordham
Drives : Audi A8 (D2 phase 1) 4.2 V8 quattro daily MK 1 GTI cab toy
Registration date : 2009-12-16
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Mon Sep 13 2010, 12:10 | |
| you sure did  | |
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Tiz
Number of posts : 3773
Age : 34
Location : Wimblington nr March - Cambs
Drives : myself mental
Registration date : 2008-01-28
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Mon Sep 13 2010, 12:42 | |
| the reason would be the bleed nipple isnt the highest point of the cylinder then  | |
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bravo211
Number of posts : 1168
Age : 47
Location : peterborough
Drives : mk3 golf
Registration date : 2009-04-06
| | Subject: Re: bleeding brakes. Mon Sep 13 2010, 16:02 | |
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