I use a 50 ml enema syringe to pressure flush and fill the braking system. Very effective one-man operation, and very cheap.

Never tried it with ABS though, never having had ABS.

I'd be interested to hear more about how to perform this procedure if you have the time to explain it in greater detail.

I use a 50 ml enema syringe to pressure flush and fill the braking system. Very effective one-man operation, and very cheap.

Never tried it with ABS though, never having had ABS.

I'd be interested to hear more about how to perform this procedure if you have the time to explain it in greater detail.

Not much to it. Discussed briefly here, with some alternatives

www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topic...r

There's more extensive explanation somewhere on there but Google doesn't find it and I can't use the local search engine since I'm banned.

If replacing the fluid you can remove most of it from the reservoir with the syringe directly, sucking from the bottom to remove any sludge, then top up, attach the syringe to the calipers, suck some through each one, and top up again.

Where it scores is with a system thats run dry, (these can be tricky to get air free) because you can fill upwards, (which is much better at displacing air) and you can cycle fluid in and out.

Entrained bubbles rise into the syringe and its easy to avoid blowing them back in.

Caveats:

Its said that excessive pressure used for upward filling can evert master cylinder seals. Can neither confirm nor deny this but in the past I've (foolishly, I now think) used as much pressure as I could physically manage, producing a vsible upwelling in the MC reservoir, without causing a problem.

You could blow dirt back into the MC, so I would only do it on a system I'd already flushed. That said, on my car extensive flushing didn't remove muck from the caliper pistons, still gungy when stripped, so I can't see much of it getting to the MC.

As I said, never used it on an ABS system, in fact I've only used it on one car, which may be especially robust.

There are various expensive commercial "power bleeder" alternatives, popular with Americans, because they are expensive commercial "power bleeder" alternatives, and they have to BUY STUFF.

However, if ,they offer any significant advantage I dunno what it is.

That is certainly interesting to know, I appreciate the time you took to explain the procedure and perhaps it could be some thing to try in the future. Many thanks.