Just a quick question. What is the correct brake bleeding sequence for a 90 Civic HB SI? The online B16 shop manual and my ghetto *** Haynes show 2 different sequences. I have discs up front and drums in the back.

TIA

 

i think you start at drivers front, then passenger rear, then driver rear, then passenger front. I could be wrong though.

 

You start at the corner farthest away from the master cylynder and work your way in

 

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Right so on a LHD car you would go Rear Passenger side, Rear Drivers side, Front Passenger side, Front Driver's side.

 

exactly!

 

you might want to recheck that sequence.........honda brake proportioning is different than USDM cars. on a US car, you start furthest then work your way up, in my 88-91 FSM it says to start at drivers front, go to passenger rear, got to drivers rear, then passenger front.

 

nah, i did it about 3 months ago and bled it like what these guys were saying, farthest from MC to closest, and mine is still clear as water.

 

I have always done DF, PR, PF, DR.

 

Bleeding is done one wheel at a time. The "old timers" will tell you to start with the wheel furthest away from the master cylinder and then work your way closer. Typically, this would mean RR, LR, RF, then LF. However, it doesn't really matter if you start with the front or rear wheels, since they are on separate brake circuits on modern cars with ABS and/or dynamic stability control systems. However, you should start with the passenger side wheel and then do the driver's side.

 

if you do the wrong sequence its still ok. it will just take a few more pumps. if your worried, just keep doing all the corners till its all bubble free.

 

you always do it diagonally,nearly every car since the 70's has a diagonally split braking system, the master cylinder actually has two circuits, this way if one fails, you wont lose both rear or both front brakes,or both brakes on one side of the car, pick a wheel at the front, bleed it, then do the rear on the opposite side and repeat

 

why the **** does every noob think its ok to bump a 9 year old thread???

goddam google.

and it honestly doesnt matter.

 

i was like, **** i havent seen you post in forever!


goddam google.

 

it does matter, because of the way the circuits are split, it doesnt matter which front wheel you start at, as long as the rear is on the opposite side, you are bleeding one side of the proportioning valve at a time doing it this way