How to Bleed The Brakes On Audi A2

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There is allso this in between thing with a tube and a One way valve were you put it on, losen the nipple and just pump the brakes until youre happy ,tighten and move to next.
 
I used a pressure bleeder - a Gunson given to me by a step father-in-law.

It was all going so well - until I discovered that the previous owner of the brakes I was fitting (no one on here - sourced from a breaker) had fitted both back pads on one side. I only realised when I had fitted them - I used the piston rings on the back to ID and didn’t clock the springs.

When I moved back to the first calliper I must have bumped the spare tyre which was pressuring the system. The seal on the cap opened a little and sprayed a lovely mist of aerosolised brake fluid all over my newly fitted Webasto and EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD!

I think I’m using a low pressure approach in the future. Less risk of corrosive showers...


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I had similar problems with a Gunson pressure bleeder but leaks aside, it seems more logical to 'work' the brake pedal as part of the procedure.

Which ever method used, I still keep a spray bottle of water ready to wash away any spills

Cheers Spike
 
Whilst the information in the video is helpful and informative there may well be some unsafe practices contained within it which cannot be condoned or supported by the A2OC. Members safety is paramount in our thoughts.
 
I like the Chrisfix video on the subject if anyone is looking for a ‘how to’ on making a DIY one man bleeder kit. It’s a bottle with some tubing but it’s a nice easy project and a reminiscence to Blue Peter which I enjoyed.


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Having given up on the Gunson 'car tyre' pressure bleeder I recently invested in this Laser unit from Screwfix. Found it works really well and apart from the need to hand tighten the pressure gauge to stop an air leak it's been faultless.
I've read several comments on other Forums about the risk of damaging the master cylinder seals by fully depressing the brake pedal during the manual bleeding process and a pressure bleeder gets over this potential problem. The best bit however it the bleeding process is so much easier.
Apparently the master cylinder bore can become 'stepped' or corroded in the areas not covered by normal piston travel and this roughness can damage the seals when the pedal is repeatedly depressed during manual bleeding.


Cheers Spike
 
I like the Chrisfix video on the subject if anyone is looking for a ‘how to’ on making a DIY one man bleeder kit. It’s a bottle with some tubing but it’s a nice easy project and a reminiscence to Blue Peter which I enjoyed.


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i understand ... im No Expet ?
 
Unless you are competent, I would not suggest anyone without technical skills attempts to bleed their brakes. To adopt a blase attitude to something this critical is nothing short of criminal.
 
Perhaps but people use this site for information that is supposedly correct, so by posting things like this your joke could be literally killing someone.
 
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