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ah right. is the standard stuff a diff colour then?
so i put the pressure bleeder on with the new silkolene stuff in. and bleed every caliper till i can see tthe silkolene stuff coming through
Go to Halfords and buy one of there eazy bleed one make kits £20 or so. Then get the fluid, Halfords sell the super dot 4 stuff whcih I've found fine for use.
Then stick the screw on top on the brake reservoir then check you've got a good seal by attaching a tyre to the relevent pipe. If air comes out then tigthen the seal a bit more (I use a par of mole grip like thingies)( make sure the rubber seal is in the screw top though).
Then remove the pipe from the tyre. Fill the bottle with fluid and screw on tight. and reatach the tyre to the suytem.
To bleed a claiper remove the dust cap and with an 8mm spanner undo the bleed nipple and with a pipe over the end of the bleed nipple going to a clear bottle (so you can see the fluid coming out) loosen the bleed nipple. Leave it open for a bit you might find nothing seems to come out for some time (20~30 seconds) if your brakes have loads of air in them. Then leave the nippple lose and let a bit of fluid come out you'll often find that after a few seconds of smoothtly running fluid coming out there will be another air pocket.
Once your sure the caliper has no air in it tigten the nipple up and put the dust cap back on.
Jsut remember brake fluid iosn't nice stuff wear gloves wash your hands and wash the wheels and anywhere the fluid can have got to. If you have ABS you need to bleed the brakes in this sequence.
Back passenger side
Back drivers side
Front passengers side
Front drivers side.
The official Renault manual says to do them in the order
Left front
Right front
Left rear
Right rear
I've done them in both order and so long as you bleed the calpiers right there shouldn't be a problem with either method.
edde - i see that in the other thread explaining how to bleed.. but doesnt mention how you flush. how ya know when youve bled the old s**t out and your now bleeding the nice new expensive stuff?