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Brake bleeding - help me save my sanity! 700 1990

I recently did a master cylinder replacement and caliper rebuild on my 1990 740 16v, and things where going fine until I test drove the car and found there was still a lot of air in the brakes.

Bled the master cylinder at the bleed screw, while having an assistant pump the pedal and hold, while I cracked open and then closed. Also did both fittings at the master cylinder the same way.

Then, moved on to the wheels, and bled all 4 using a pressure bleeder. However, I discovered that my pressure bleeder seemed to be putting tons and tons of tiny air bubbles into the lines (when I pump the tank up, apparently the air is bubbling thru the fluid in the tank and frothing it up). So, I switched to the old trusty manual method of having an assistant pump, hold, crack the bleeder screw, close the screw, repeat, etc.

I have now forced almost a GALLON of brake fluid thru the system, and there is STILL air in the brakes. I'm at the end of my rope here.

Any suggestions? Do I need to crack open the fittings at the ABS modulator, and see if there is any air here? Or do I bleed another gallon of brake fluid through and hope for the best?

Thanks!
R.O.
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Brake bleeding - help me save my sanity! 700 1990

go get a better presure bleeder...seriously mine works like a dream, actually im wondering if you have it connected BACKWARDS...the presure leads into the short hose at the top oif the bottle...the hose to your master reservior is the one that should be submerged in fluid in the bottle....

also ensure that:-

1. the seal to the master cylinder reservior is tight...
2. their is air in the top ofthe master cylinder reservior while bein bled..the fluid should pump in to replace the fluid leaving the reservior but leave the air gap...
3. mine says to use no more than 20lbs/inch...

other than that it SHOULD be easy and straight forward...but it is amazing how much fluid you need (3ltrs or so) in my opinion...i would wonder if (a) you have a leaky fitting somewhere (b) you have a leaky nipple on one of the calipers...

i believe some calipers have 2 nipples...top and bottom...

seriously presure bleeders kick the ass of doign it the old fashioned way so I think you either have it assembled wrong...or a leak somewhere..







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