Do the brakes work okay when you're done? If they do, I don't see a problem.
jschmi7@us.ibm.com wrote:
> Possibly I am doing something that is stupid and it is not as good an idea
> as I have always thought. I'd like an opinion.
>
> When I bleed my brakes or do a complete replacement I follow do the
> following. I fill up my reservoir, then take a tall glass bottle with one
> inch of fluid in the bottom, and a 1/4 " hose. I connect the hose to my
> regular bleeder nipple with my wrench already on the nut and the other end
> in the bottle, making sure that the hose is in the clean fluid in the
> bottle. I open the valve and allow fluid to begin dripping out, to fill
> the hose with fluid. I then very slowly hand pump my brakes making sure
> the reservoir is kept full.
>
> After several pumps, the fluid starts running clear (yes I have one old
> hose that needs replacing) and I close up the system. As I have daughters
> that are no longer patient enough to sit in a car and pump brakes for a
> half hour, this seems to be the best process short of buying a pump for
> $50.
>
> Have I been kidding myself into thinking I am getting a "clean" system?
>
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