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Brakes don't bleed -- why? 200 1982

posted by  tjl on  Sat Feb 15 17:29 CST 2003
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On a 1982 245, we attempted to change the brake fluid by bleeding the brakes as described in the Bentley manual for 1983-1993 240s (things appeared to be the same as the non-ABS configuration described therein).

However, after opening the bleeder valve of the left rear brake, no brake fluid comes out when the brake pedal is pressed in, and the brake pedal does not go down any further than normal. The right rear brake is the same way. Removing one of the bleeder things verified that it was not clogged. We did jack up the car and spin the rear wheels to see if the rear brakes work when the pedal is pressed (they do).

Is there anything else that needs to be done to bleed the brakes?






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