I was wondering the best way or method to bleed the air out of clutch fluid lines?

 

I always use a vacum pump bleeder and tap the clutch end of the line to get the bubbles out. fast and 'best' for me

 

keeping pumping the clutch peddle like you would do with brakes, then have someone open the line with a 10mm wrench( I believe its 10mm) and keep doing that until you feel pressure from the clutch peddle. the the metal line that you will open will be down near the front of the tranny.

 

Autozone One man Bleeder kit!

 

i dont have the cash for a vaccum pump. i have to do it the ghetto way. how many times should i pump the peddle.How many times do i repeat the process?

 

you dont have to do that with a peice of siphon hose on the bleeder valve. you can see the air escaping and or the fluid you are replacing. it is a 8mm nut also. you can do it with the car off. jack the car up from the front so you can send the hose down into a pan, pump it and bleed it. once you see a solid stream of fluid lock it down. keep in mind, if you bleed the fluid when its old... chances are the MC will go out... it happened to me

 

and never push the clutch in all the way...only do it about 3/4 the way (you'll ruin the MC quicker if you push it in all the way)

 

Really? I know this is true for brake master cylinders because they never travel the full pedal stroke length when in use. I thought clutch cylinder travels the whole stroke length whenever you press the clutch in so it shouldnt matter if you pump it all the way.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tweakmeister &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and never push the clutch in all the way...only do it about 3/4 the way (you'll ruin the MC quicker if you push it in all the way)</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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I agree. The brake MC doesn't stroke all the way in normal use, but the clutch MC does every time you use it.

Keep going until you satisfy BOTH conditions. No more bubbles AND the fluid coming out is nice, clear, & fresh. After you get no more bubbles, you might have to keep at it a while longer till it's all clean.

 

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One more thing -

As you repeat the following (2-person way)-

1.) Person 1 pumps clutch 3-4 times and keeps pressure on pedal
2.) person 2 gently opens the bleed valve until person 1's foot presses the pedal all the way down
3.) Person 2 closes the valve as pedal is down all the way
4.) go back to step 1

You can hook up a small piece or clear tubing to the bleed nipple, and put the other end of the tubing into a clean clear snapple bottle or something. You'll be able to see the bubbles alot better -

I wanted to just re-iterate that make sure you constantly top off the clutch cylinder fluid level as you bleed the line, otherwise you might suck more air into the system -

Peace

 

Well said, SleeperEG-B

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That's exactly what I do... If the MC, lines, and slave have never been flushed then I normally run atleast a quart through it... Just until the stuff coming into the "bottle" is as clear as what you put in... Then just do as stated above to get out all the bubbles... Latez