Bleeding the brake.clutch system

[manydubs]

I bleed my brakes the other day, along with the clutch. The front driver side would not bleed. I checked out the bleed screw, caliper and rubber line and was able to remove and blow compressed air trough them fine.

Do I need to activate the ABS to get fluid to all calipers?

Also, after bleeding the clutch the pedal has no feel to it, it is very soft and there is no reistance.

Will it get pressure when the car i started and the brake booster produces pressure from the engine pressure?

Thanks.

[asubimmer]

you are obv bleeding them wrong.

[E30Nova]

I had the same problem. I could get the clutch to have some pressure and pop up on its own, but if I tried to bleed it again to get it better, the pedal would just drop to the floor and stay there. I remember reading that the problem is with the slave cylinder. The bleeder screw is pointing down so air stays in the lines when you bleed it. What I did was unbolt the slave cylinder and flip it so that the bleeder was pointed up. After that the clutch was good.

For the brakes, I had my sister pump the pedal around 20 times and then hold it while I opened the valve. Supposedly pumping the pedal 15-20 times helps get the air out of the ABS unit.

Hope this helps.

Matt

[manydubs]

you are obv bleeding them wrong.

Really, this is my 2nd BMW, along with 5 VWs having bled...