wcbcruzer

Today I got done installing two brand new rotors, pads, calipers, and a left wheel bearing. Everything was going smoothly but I jinxed it because at the end I blew it.. I let the brake fluid reservoir run dry while I was bleeding the front brakes. After I realized the reservoir was dry, I filled it up and continued to bleed the lines at each wheel but it's not the same anymore. Air must be caught somewhere in the system because the pedal is mushy. I can hear a swooshing sound coming from the brake master cylinder as well. So what do I have to do now to get all the air out? I have 4-wheel ABS.

nickg

too late now but next time if you jam a stick between the seat and brake pedal, and depress it just enough to trip the brake lights when you remove any line or caliper NO fluid will slowly drip from the opened lines.

I like the bottle method, instal clear line on bleed screw then submerge the line into a clean bottle of fluid, open the bleeder, the slowly pump the brake pedal, air will excape and only fluid will be sucked back up the line, dont forget to keep an eye on the master cyl fluid level. I find best results with this when working alone.

a vacuum pump on the bleeder screw works as well.

wcbcruzer

That's a good trick! Would it make a difference because I have 4-wheel ABS though? Do I need to bleed the abs pump or anything first? Regular bleeding doesn't seem to help...

Silver R/T

I would've switched to speed bleeders

wcbcruzer

Bled the brakes some more and now they seem ok.

VICIOUS FISHER

I have been using a hand pump vacuum fluid extractor, cheap and no more headaches or pumping

Hodge

You need to bleed the master, then each component after that, as you flow downstream from the master. Then, bleed the right rear, left rear, right front, and left front. You need to bleed each or you won't get all the air out. You can buy one of those cheap bleeder bottles with a magnet, so that you can bleed by yourself without sucking air back in. I replaced my master, did it this way, and was able to get all the air out.

nickg

I'm sure things have not changed too much in the 20yrs since I've had my licence, but I was always taught start with the wheel furthest from the MC, then do the next furthest, and so on.