Fateful8

I just recently finished changing my brake pads. Afterwards I thought the brakes felt rather spongy so I decided to bleed the brakes as well. I tried one of those one man brake bleeding things. The one were you attach a bottle by magnet somewhere on the car above the brake caliper and then attach a hose between the bottle and the bleeder screw. You then open up the bleeder and pump the brakes a few times until you start to see clear brake fluid, which is being constantly added into the master cylinder all the while this is going on.

Anyways I don't think this system works to well because afterwards my brake fluid was brand new alright, but my brakes felt worse than before. So i decided to try the old fashion way to rectify the situation. I got someone to pump the brake a few times and then hold it down while i bleed the farthest brake caliper and then move forward. I used the same tubing as before except this time i but the other end of the tubing into a bottle with a few inches of brake fluid at the bottom. This way there was no chance of getting air in the system.

Everything seemed to go fine, air was coming out of the brake calipers and i only moved to the next caliper once I could see that there where no more air bubbles coming out. I had the engine on the whole time, the car was on a level surface and I had no problem that I am aware of. Oh, I also kept the master cylinder cap on after each time I filled it up during the bleeding /flushing process. Even after all this my brakes still feel spongy. They are a lot better than they were but they are not as good as they should be yet.

My question is, Should I just keep bleeding them until they feel normal or am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance for your help!

godesshunter

You can try to gravity bleed. It works also if you're alone but just takes a long time.

Fateful8

How Do I do that?

nycgps

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engine on ? you don't need to.

godesshunter

Make sure the reservoir is topped off at all times. Simply open the bleeder and let it drip for a couple minutes each. One at a time.

DarkBrew

Try speed bleeders...

No air and much easier.

Razz1

Also driving around the block hitting the brakes allot, then going back to the garage and rebleeding helps.