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Brake Bleeding Order

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El1M1N8OR:


Mick’s Garage video.

Is this the correct order to bleed - Front O/S, Front N/S, Rear O/S, Rear N/S?

pudding:
Never noticed any difference following an order personally, but what does help is cycling the ABS pump whilst bleeding.  This is why I just pay VW £49 every 2 years to do it as they that and use decent fluid.  I can't match a dealer bleed for pedal feel personally, even with a proper DIY bleeding kit.  Just putting that out there  :smiley:

Don't forget the clutch if it's a manual also.

LC5F:
I've seen that video -annoyingly they don't expand on why they say it's the front Left wheel.

Interestingly, Haynes says bleed order for RHD cars is:
RH Front
LH Front
RH Rear
LH Rear

For LHD cars they just flip the order L to R

Normally I would have started with the furthest away wheel -taking into account the Master cylinder and ABS pump location - so Rear Right.

coolhandluke:

--- Quote from: Pudding on March 20, 2020, 06:25:14 pm ---Never noticed any difference following an order personally, but what does help is cycling the ABS pump whilst bleeding.  This is why I just pay VW £49 every 2 years to do it as they that and use decent fluid.  I can't match a dealer bleed for pedal feel personally, even with a proper DIY bleeding kit.  Just putting that out there  :smiley:

Don't forget the clutch if it's a manual also.

--- End quote ---

Have to agree with your comments on getting a dealer to do them.

pudding:
By the time you've bought fluid and a bleeder kit, you're not far off their very reasonable price anyway tbh.  It should be done every 2 years according to VW, to prevent corrosion from hygroscopic water ingress.  I just get them to do it every 2nd MOT  :happy2:

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