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Hi,

When flushing through the brake and clutch fluid should I bleed the brakes first or the clutch cylinder first? Going with the logic of furthest from the master first I'm thinking rear brakes, clutch, front brakes.
This is probably a simple question but I've had a good search on the wiki and forum with no luck.
Cheers,
Matteo

brakes and clutch are entirely separate circuits only sharing the same top up tank so you can do them either way.

Ah I see! Thanks, I'll get going with this job this now (in the rain) At least it will be dry underneath!

Hi , From memory it goes back offside, back nearside, front offside , then front nearside. It's fairly easy with one of those vacuum bleeder efforts one person job then ( note if you do use a vacuum bleeder , I put a bit of PTFE tape around the bleed nipple thread while getting the fluid through or else it draws air from that joint, having said that I had completely no fluid in the system prior to putting the new fluid in) hope this helps

mrdp wrote:Hi , From memory it goes back offside, back nearside, front offside , then front nearside. It's fairly easy with one of those vacuum bleeder efforts one person job then ( note if you do use a vacuum bleeder , I put a bit of PTFE tape around the bleed nipple thread while getting the fluid through or else it draws air from that joint, having said that I had completely no fluid in the system prior to putting the new fluid in) hope this helps

why vacuum bleeder pressure bleeder is surely easier?