i was installing my brakes and had taken the cap off the master cylinder and forgot to put it back on, when i first finished the brakes i pumped them to set the pads in place and may have started the car and pumped them again. i then realized i had my MC cap off still, did pumping the brakes unpressurize the system at all. my brakes seem like i have to push them way too far down to work, my booster is fine btw it holds pressure pedal doesnt fade to the floor at all.

 

Sounds like you need to re-bleed the whole system for more air bubbles.

What brake system changes did you do? I suspect it was more than just pads.

 

just to be safe I would bleed your entire system

 

I agree with the others, bleed the system.

 

all i did was change the front pads that was it. i would really like to bleed the system and put in some new fluid, can anyone point out a write up or article on how to bleed the brakes. My chiltons gives a vary vague disription. I know how to do it, crack the bleeder valve and pump the brakes till there is no bubbles, but i need to know what wheel order to do it in.

 

bump

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchback_al &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i would really like to bleed the system, but i need to know what wheel order to do it in.</TD></TR></TABLE>

1. Driver side front
2. Passenger side rear
3. Passenger front
4. Driver rear

 

thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eda6 hb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1. Driver side front
2. Passenger side rear
3. Passenger front
4. Driver rear</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats really mixed up

pass rear
driver rear
pass front
driver front


you want to start at the farthest point from your master cyl and work towards the closest

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RACINTWEEK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thats really mixed up

pass rear
driver rear
pass front
driver front


you want to start at the farthest point from your master cyl and work towards the closest

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This info came from my honda shop manual for an 88 civic.
since you said that it's mixed up I double ckecked it. I posted what was in the honda manual correctly. I also checked haynes it's the same as honda. checked chilton and concluded that it's garbage.
I'm right i think your mixed up.
Pic is kinda hard to see.

 

i work in parts at a VW dealer and i asked some of the techs, some of which have worked at honda, and they all said to start at the farthest point from the mast cyl and work towards it

 

I wonder why the books would say that... I have never hard of starting at closest to MC.