Brake bleed order

[warrenpfo]

Can anyone confirm the order in which you bleed your brakes.

Is it Rear passenger, rear driver, LSVP, front passenger, front driver ???

Thanks

 

[Chas]

Furthest from master cylinder first IIRC

 

[warrenpfo]

I know that Chas but if you don't know the layout under the car you don't know which is furthest.

 

[Chas]

Longest run first, which must be N/S rear, O/S rear, N/S front and O/S front.
On a R/H drive vehicle.

 

[Towpack]

From the FSM........NSR, OSR, NSF, OSF then the LSV.

 

[IRLGW]

it matters why?

Bleed them all until the new fluid runs out into a resevoir

 

[clivehorridge]

it matters why? Bleed them all until the new fluid runs out into a reservoir

Not much IMO as long as you run plenty through, the idea is to get any air past the junctions of shorter runs first, but I don't think it's so critical in practice...

 

[frank rabbets]

If it's a tandem master cylinder I don't think it really matters. I do one axle first, then the other. I then repeat until no air comes out.

 

[Chris]

I think it's probably more relevant if you have fully drained the system. Just for a normal wheel cylinder bleed it doesn't matter at all.

 

[IRLGW]

wait and see what way it pulls, then bleed accordingly!

 

[931hz]

When ever I've bled brakes I've always started on the shortest line. Apparently it's quicker?

 

[IRLGW]

Not if all the air is in the longest one...