On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, vintage wrote: > Hello, > > I just recently replaced the rear calipers on my > GLi, and have been trying to bleed them- but have had > no luck. I have a pressure bleeder, but no matter how > I try to bleed them, the pedal still goes to the > floor. I know the master cylinder isn't shot- if I > crimp off the rear lines, the pedal is hard. I tried > removing the calipers, bleeding them at different > angles, tapping them with a hammer, while bleeding > them, still no luck... I barely have any pedal at all. > I know there is air in there, but I just can't get it > out!! any suggestions? >
Your proportioning valve may be bad. Make sure you cycle it by hand while bleeding each caliper. Also, how do you know that the master cylinder is bad? If you've pushed the pedal to the floor repeatedly it could have done some damage to the seals in the master cylinder. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
