Hello folks. I'm working on my '05 6MT. I'm a bleedin' moron. While bleeding my brakes I let the reservoir go dry by forgetting to open the valve cock on the fluid refill bottle. I was on the last wheel (driver's rear) and my helper said "All of a sudden it's real easy to press the peddle." With this I realized something was wrong and checked the reservoir and discovered my mistake.

How do I rectify this? I looked in the Acura service manual under Master Cylinder Replacement for a master cylinder bleeding procedure and there is no mention of one. There is no mention of bleeding the brake system after master cylinder replacement at all. However, under Brake Booster Replacement, it states "After installing th ebrake booster and master cylinder, fill the reservoir with new brake fluid from an unopened container [and] bleed the brake system (see page 1909), and adjust the brake pedal height and free play (see page 19-6)." The procedure it refers to on page 19-9 is just the normal brake bleeding procedure.

So, to fix my f-up, do I simply fill the master cylinder reservoir, and repeat the brake bleeding sequence? What about the ABS system? Is there something I need to do about it?

-Kicking myself....

 

Simply refill the reservoir, and start the bleeding procedure over again.

 

So it's not some complete disaster requiring an archaic bench bleeding process? That's great news. Thank you!

 

Bench bleeding is only needed (more like recommended) with BRAND NEW master/slave cylinders, when they've never had any fluid pushed through them yet. Since they're not virgin units, you should be good w/o bench bleeding.

 

Thank you for allaying my fears! I followed your advice and started the bleeding process over, and the brakes feel fine.

I appreciate it!