Hello,
I flushed the brake fluid in my 04 TL two days ago and just relized I did not follow the prescribed order: LF-RF-RR-LR. Can't beleive I did this because I actually had the instructions sitting on the work bench with every intention of folowing the procedure...guess that's why I not a full time mechanic. Question is, what now? the brakes seem soft, not firm, my ABS light is NOT on, do I need to re-bleed following the correct order to prevent possible ABS malfunction? bleed to get a firmer peddle? or not worry about it til next flush.
Thanks
Jim

 

Bleed again in the correct order, won't take much since you just changed/flushed the fluid.

 

Personally, if you have a soft pedal, I would certainly bleed them again in the proper sequence. The main concern is to remove the "contaminated" fluid out of each caliper, but you should be left with a hard pedal, not soft or spongy.

 

OK, I'll bleed again, I used a vacuum to flush the first time, maybe I should go with manual pump and release this time.
Thanks Johnny3 and Turbonut!

 

Is the only result of an incorrect bleed order a soft peddle or would I have other issues?

 

Had my fluid vac'd at my tire store. Pulled fluid from the right rear and refilled until fluid was clear. Was this correct?

 

I personally can’t see where an incorrect bleed sequence would cause any problem, especially when you’re using vacuum. Vacuum is fine as long as no air enters the system, and the MC doesn’t run dry.

Sucking the fluid out of that one caliper will never replace the fluid in the other 3 calipers. You need to bleed each caliper to remove the old fluid. If 6MT there are 2 bleeders on each front, so do the outside first.

 

Thanks! Thought it looked too easy.