Std Beetle drums and MC.

[zeroaxe]

Wrenchride247,

Long time no speak! Actually, I do have a pressure feed 'system'/reservoir cap that I 'pump' the system with about 0.8bar(or slightly less? Just enough to mqke the reservoir bulge a little). I qm just not sure wjere the air got back inot the system!?

[wrenchnride247]

Yep. I've been very busy. Did you ever have a good pedal? If not, you need to keep bleeding everything. On a old project I did, I replaced ALL brake lines, and it took forever to bleed ALL the air out. I ended up getting a friend to pump the pedal while I reblead everything FOUR times. If you did had a firm pedal. Then you may have a leak somewhere.

[zeroaxe]

When we bought the car, it had a firm pedal. However, after a few days the pedal went all the way to the floor. The guy did tell us that one of the cyl. had a leak. So I went out and got everything new. Pads, MC, SC's and new rubber hoses. The only thing that I didnt replace were the drums. And the only thing I havent replaced so far is the new hoses, which I would be doing this weekend anyway.

So yes, there should be hope! But with a pressure system, like an easybleed, I should have some luck, as others have done so in the past....

[wrenchnride247]

The rubber hoses should be replaced before trying to bleed system again. Some EZ-bleed products work better than others. I have the one from Mighty-Vac, and it does OK (until your hands get tired). I've heard that the bleed systems that use a resevoir (like a garden sprayer) work well, but have not tried one.