Forum to the rescue again!

[bicsintegra]

This past weekend I was completing putting my M back together after new rotors, brake pads, parking brake shoes, shocks, wheels and tires. I painted the brake calipers and the caliper bracket blue to try to match it to the cars color. I attempted to manually bleed the brakes several times with little to no change in the soft brake pedal problem. I then did a search on the forum and found several topics about the same issue. One post was about the Motiv power bleeder model 0107, which I picked up at Summit racing on Saturday for about 60 bucks. Needless to say after 20 minutes all air was out of the brake line and my brakes are working. I wish I had come to the forum first before I wasted several attempts to try and bleed the brakes the old fashioned way, best part for a repair job I have ever purchased.


Thanks again to the forum for all the help, love the search feature!

I will post up pics after it stops raining.

[steve_c]

That is a great pressure bleeder!
I use a vacuum bleeder (MyTvac MV 6835) setup myself,

http://www.tooltopia.com/mityvac-mv6835 ... swod3vYKSg

but either method is great. I have an air compressor to run the bleeder (required), and I use it to extract the fluid from the master cylinder first, so that the old stuff in the cylinder does not work its way through the ABS valving system.
It has a reservoir you attach above the master cylinder to automatically replenish the cylinder with fresh fluid as you vacuum bleed from the calipers.

One advantage to the pressure bleeder you have is that (from what I understand) some vehicles do not take to vacuum bleeding.
I have not run into any of those vehicles as of yet however.

I agree, once you use one of these setups, you never go back! Not to mention it turns bleeding brakes into a one person operation!
It is one of my top 3 favorite tools.

[Rogue One]

[bgreen]

This past weekend I was completing putting my M back together after new rotors, brake pads, parking brake shoes, shocks, wheels and tires. I painted the brake calipers and the caliper bracket blue to try to match it to the cars color. I attempted to manually bleed the brakes several times with little to no change in the soft brake pedal problem. I then did a search on the forum and found several topics about the same issue. One post was about the Motiv power bleeder model 0107, which I picked up at Summit racing on Saturday for about 60 bucks. Needless to say after 20 minutes all air was out of the brake line and my brakes are working. I wish I had come to the forum first before I wasted several attempts to try and bleed the brakes the old fashioned way, best part for a repair job I have ever purchased.


Thanks again to the forum for all the help, love the search feature!

I will post up pics after it stops raining.

Can you describe the feeling of your brake pedal before hand? I'm having an issue with soft pads and I'm trying to track down a solution

[bicsintegra]

This past weekend I was completing putting my M back together after new rotors, brake pads, parking brake shoes, shocks, wheels and tires. I painted the brake calipers and the caliper bracket blue to try to match it to the cars color. I attempted to manually bleed the brakes several times with little to no change in the soft brake pedal problem. I then did a search on the forum and found several topics about the same issue. One post was about the Motiv power bleeder model 0107, which I picked up at Summit racing on Saturday for about 60 bucks. Needless to say after 20 minutes all air was out of the brake line and my brakes are working. I wish I had come to the forum first before I wasted several attempts to try and bleed the brakes the old fashioned way, best part for a repair job I have ever purchased.


Thanks again to the forum for all the help, love the search feature!

I will post up pics after it stops raining.

Can you describe the feeling of your brake pedal before hand? I'm having an issue with soft pads and I'm trying to track down a solution

the brakes were soft and applied hardly any pressure to the pads, the only thing stopping the car was the parking brake, which I also had just replaced. if it goes all theay down to the floor and the car is till moving you definitely have an issue and need to get it resolved. have you recently done any work to your brakes?

[bgreen]

Can you describe the feeling of your brake pedal before hand? I'm having an issue with soft pads and I'm trying to track down a solution

the brakes were soft and applied hardly any pressure to the pads, the only thing stopping the car was the parking brake, which I also had just replaced. if it goes all theay down to the floor and the car is till moving you definitely have an issue and need to get it resolved. have you recently done any work to your brakes?

nope but i recently got a multipoint inspection from the dealer and the only complaints they had was the brake fluid was dirty and recommended a flush. then a week later this happens, my brake pedal (about ever 3-4 presses) will get extremely soft and go down farther then normal until i pump and then its normal for about 3-4 more pumps and then the soft pedal again. no leaks anywhere so i'm tryin to track down what the cause is...going to go in for a flush first and start there.

[bicsintegra]

if the brake fluid is dirty flush immediately if they get really clogged the dirty fluid can damage the brake lines and cause a malfunction when you are trying to apply the brakes. If you buy a pump like the ones mentioned in this thread you can do it yourself at home without the stealership! good luck