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posted by  lucid on  Sat Jan 8 06:13 CST 2005
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You don't say how you bled your brakes (pressure? pedal?) But on the off chance that you didn't bleed in the recommended sequence, the following is from a "canned response" I use for these questions.

Since the 240 has two separate hydraulic systems, the recommended sequence bleeds each system separately.

The upper two piston chambers on the front calipers form an inverted "U", with a single bleeder at the highest point. The lower two piston chambers form an upright "U", with bleeders at the two high points.
(See illustrations in Bentley, p 500-1 and Haynes, p 9-13)

Either A or B can be done first:

System A:
1) Left rear
2) Left front - Upper piston chambers (single bleeder, top)
3) Right front - Upper piston chambers (single bleeder, top)

System B:
4) Right rear
5) Right front - Lower piston chambers (inner and outer bleeders, either first)
6) Left front - Lower piston chambers (inner and outer bleeders, either first)

P.S. You also don't give your car's year ( it's an easy pull-down), but this sequence is for non-ABS 240s.

--
Bruce Young
'93 940-NA (current) — 240s (one V8) — 140s — 122s — since '63.






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