corduroy

hey, this is sort of a noob question... i'm going to be at 75k soon. was wondering if anyone here can point me in the direction of the bleeder valve.

thx

Bearcat94

Get the wheels off where you can get a good look at the calipers. The bleed nipple is obvious - has a little rubber cap on it. Careful with the fluid, it'll remove paint off pretty much anything.

Be sure to follow correct bleed order. MT's have an inner and outer bleed valve on each front caliper (4 altogether, plus the 2 rears).

princelybug

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Have someone else with you when you do this, unless you have a power bleeder.

corduroy

in step 4, is the bleeder valve exclusive to the manual transmission? that was the part I was asking about originally.

01tl4tl

the caliper bleeder nipple/valve is one per rear caliper

and on regular TL fronts its 1,
brembo fronts is 2, you do the outer until its clean and clear fluid- then the innner

friend is holding pressure on brake pedal while you open valve 1/4 turn and they keep pushing
NOTE noobs place a 2x4 block under brake pedal to limit its travel to 3/4 of way to floor
Otherwise you hyperextend master cyl rod and damage master cyl

SpiderX1016

Just wondering this, when I was in brakes class. This always worried me.
Can I bleed the brakes with the wheels on? Will the fluid ruin the wheels?

01tl4tl

brake fluid does bad things to car paint- in a hurry!! use rags around master cyl when refilling after each wheel

rims are not much different
It depends on your wheel clearance to the wrench and rim - sometimes you can do 2 or all 4 with the wheels on

the book shows wheels on with using a tube attached to the bleeder nipple
Keep clean shop rags handy

Bearcat94

It always help when you ask a question to specify year and trim. I still can't tell if you have an MT or AT.

On the AT there is ONE bleeder valve per wheel. Start at the front driver side and work around clockwise.

On the MT there are TWO bleeder valves for the front brakes - inside and outside. Bleed the Outside Drivers, then Inside Drivers, then Outside Passenger, then Inside Passenger. Now move to the rears.

There you have ONE bleeder valve on each rear wheel. Passender side first, then driver side.