I am having an extreamly difficult time bleeding the clutch on my 87 325e and I'm looking for some advice.
I had a leaking slave cylinder which I neglected to fix before my fluid reservoir went dry. there was so much air in the system (I'm assuming) that my clutch pedal was doing nothing and fell to the floor. I replaced the slave cylinder and now attempting to bleed the system.
First I attempted to bleed it the traditional two man way. This did NOTHING. Next I attempted to bleed it with a vacuum pump. I was only able to pull a very small amount of fluid from the slave cylinder. I assumed that this was because I didn't bench bleed the slave cylinder before installing and there was too much air in it to get the flow started. I purchased a Pheonix Systems V12 bleeder to attempt reverse bleeding. Now I am thinking that there is a "clog" somewhere in the system as when I attempt to bleed it with this kit, I can't force any fluid up through the cylinder. The pressure is so great inside the hose that it pops off at the bleed screw. I am able to pump ZERO fluid into the bleed screw (yes it is open). Does anyone have any ideas of what could be going on? Thanks!
I had a leaking slave cylinder which I neglected to fix before my fluid reservoir went dry. there was so much air in the system (I'm assuming) that my clutch pedal was doing nothing and fell to the floor. I replaced the slave cylinder and now attempting to bleed the system.
First I attempted to bleed it the traditional two man way. This did NOTHING. Next I attempted to bleed it with a vacuum pump. I was only able to pull a very small amount of fluid from the slave cylinder. I assumed that this was because I didn't bench bleed the slave cylinder before installing and there was too much air in it to get the flow started. I purchased a Pheonix Systems V12 bleeder to attempt reverse bleeding. Now I am thinking that there is a "clog" somewhere in the system as when I attempt to bleed it with this kit, I can't force any fluid up through the cylinder. The pressure is so great inside the hose that it pops off at the bleed screw. I am able to pump ZERO fluid into the bleed screw (yes it is open). Does anyone have any ideas of what could be going on? Thanks!
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