Okay. I did a complete brake job and got very little air out of the calipers after bleeding. The pedal goes all the way to the floor now and doesn't get firm at the end of the pedal. It almost seems like it is not letting the front brakes pressurize. Also I noticed that the distribution valve(?) has a button under the rubber dust cover that when the pedal is pushed the button raises up. Before I put the new calipers on I filled them with fluid to keep out as much air as possible. Anyone have any idea why my pedal keeps going to the floor and feels real spongey? Here is the valve that i'm speaking of.

 

Any air in the system will cause the brakes to be spongy. You need to properly bleed them.

 

i had that happen in my 01, i had to just continue bleeding them and it eventually got better...

 

both replys above are correct, air compresses fluid doesn't. keep bleeding the brakes you'll get it.

 

when your bleeding the brakes are you using a second person or a brake bleeding tool?

Anywhere in the system there is air will cause that feel. when you pump the brakes make sure your not losing any fluid....pump and build pressure and hold....does the pedal continue to the floor?.....keep pumping if it does....if you keep doing this over and over and it keeps going to the floor, you have a different problem then just air in the lines. You will have a leak somewhere Maybe you didn't get one of your bleeder screws tight? Maybe your master cycliner needs to be rebuilt?

It is a closed system. If your using a vacume tool to assist with the brake bleeding, try getting a second person to pump your brakes and then hold while you bleed them. When you loosen the valve, close it back off while fluid is still flowing....smaller amounts at a time....Make sure your second person is holding the brake pedal down....Continue doing this until you have no more air.....keep adding fluid so that it doesn't get low and eventually you will get all that air out. If not.....you have something loose or something broken.

First start by checking all your bleeder valves to see if they are tight.

 

Okay. I'm such a 'tard. The problem was that I installed the new calipers with the bleeder valves on the bottom instead of on top. Swapped them around and problem solved. Air rises not sinks!

 

I've done it too

 

i will admit i have done the same thing to

 

Nice job, there's nothing sweeter than realizing you made a mistake and can fix it and nothing was bent, broke in the process! Trust me, I would know! KM

 

Not me, I'll never admit I've screwed up ----------J/K-----glad to hear such honesty here, I'm terrible about doing things like this.