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More thoughts on this Posted by Bill Homer [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: FIXED - Thanks and Follow Up, Bill Homer ![]() |
I used an "EZ Bleed" device to bleed the hydraulics. This product comes from the UK and uses the spare tire (or "tyre" considering the source) for pressure, a reservoir bottle to hold fresh brake fluid, a spare reservoir cap with fittings, and a collection of connecting hoses. It's more of a pain to use than the self contained pressure bleeders, but I've used it successfully on other cars in the past.
In mentally reconstructing the procedure, I recall that the clutch was the last thing that I worked on. I hadn't topped up the EZ Bleed reservoir bottle before this last procedure, thinking that I was almost done, there should be enough brake fluid left - wrong. The nipple for the clutch bleeder is larger than the brake bleeders, and lets fluid flow much more rapidly. It appears that the reservoir bottle ran out of brake fluid during the bleeding procedure, allowing air to get blown into the system once the car's brake reservoir dropped to a level slightly below MAX, at which point the cell for the clutch reservoir did not get refilled. Old brown brake fluid was still coming out seconds before this occurred, then changed to clear, then to air.
Moral of the story: go slowly, especially on the clutch bleeder, and be sure to keep the reservoir tank and the brake reservoir topped up (above MAX) during the procedure. Hopefully this will help someone in the future.
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