Apocolipse269

hey guys, i know this is a really popular topic but im about to go do this myself and i want to know if i got it right. ok, so with a friend to help is this the correct procedure:

press clutch pedal in
release clutch pedal

open valve and allow fluid to bleed
close vlalve

repeat untill pressure is built up in system

my clutch is soggy so i need to do this, is it the right way?

sil

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open valve and allow fluid to bleed
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you only need this step.. and you can get rid of the friend.. gravity is my only friend...:0
if the fluid in the clutch fluid reservoir is nasty looking, take a turkey baster, suck up all the old fluid and replace with fresh fluid before you begin.. remember to top up the fluid as necessary

eK9aT10pSi

the way ive done it, and works well is get a cup and a rubber line. put a little bit of fluid in the cup and connect the line from the nipple on the clutch slave cylinder and put the other end into the cup. open the nipple [8mm ]. open the cap on the fluid resovoir. make sure you ALWAYS have fluid in there. now, just start pulling the clutch pedal up and down. make SURE you watch the fluid level. do that for a little bit. that way, itll get all the air out of the lines.

p.s. it helps to have a friend watch the line and keep the fluid full

Deemeetree

This is the EASIEST thing to do.

This is the PROPER FSM way:

Open bleeder screw.

Press clutch in (fluid will come out WITH air).

Close bleeder screw.

Release clutch pedal.


WATCH YOUR FLUID LEVEL. Everytime you release your clutch, add some brake fluid in the Clutch Resevoir.

Repeat if necessary.

Proglow3

Don't you think that the vacuum that you've created, by pumping the clutch with the bleeder valve open, would just suck in the fluid that you've placed in the cup? Then after a while it's just cycling the same fluids you just pumped out back into the lines? Just sounds funny to me.

AutoXer

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That's why you push pedal, open valve, close valve, release pedal. No recirculation.

Deemeetree

Isn't that what I just said?

AutoXer

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Yeah, but it seemed like he missed it or something, so I figured I'd reiterate. Good instruction post btw.

Proglow3

I saw what you posted. I was just making a remark to "eK9aT10pSi" and his way of doing things.

EE_Chris

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eK9aT10pSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the way ive done it, and works well is get a cup and a rubber line. put a little bit of fluid in the cup and connect the line from the nipple on the clutch slave cylinder and put the other end into the cup. open the nipple [8mm ]. open the cap on the fluid resovoir. make sure you ALWAYS have fluid in there. now, just start pulling the clutch pedal up and down. make SURE you watch the fluid level. do that for a little bit. that way, itll get all the air out of the lines.

p.s. it helps to have a friend watch the line and keep the fluid full</TD></TR></TABLE>

This does work quite well.

Think about it for a second: Your NOT pulling air back in - the hose that is on the bleeder screw is submerged in brake fluid.

You're probably thinking "well whatever is pushed out when you push the clutch pedal in, should be sucked right back up when you pull it up" - this isn't so.

Turbo E

i use dimi's method. works fine.

BUT i attach a rubber hose to the nipple and submerge it in brake fluid.