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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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This weekend I decided to replace my pads and brake lines.... Well the pads went on smoothly but the stainless brake lines are giving me so much trouble. I started on my driver front and worked my way to passenger front passenger rear driver rear. My problems are for one my passenger front wont bleed fluid at all ! I have opened up my hard line and nothing will bleed even while pumping... The rears just leak the fluid out but it wont "squirt" like my driver front (at first did). I then tried to bleed from driver rear, passenger rear, passenger front, driver front. that didn't help, I then tried to gravity bleed. I still have nothing to my passenger front, my brake fluid level wont go down either. Today I'm going to Acura and see if I could borrow a pressure bleeder I really think that could help.

Well guys any advice could help ! ! !
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Either the fluid isn't passing through the new stainless lines (don't know how you installed them) or the brake MC isn't pumping because the piston seals got damaged from pressing the brake pedal to the floor. Or, you've got a heck of a lot of air in the lines to get out.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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Good to know. I'm doing my brakes today.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:39 AM
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How low did you let the reservoir get?
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