Bleed the Brakes Cap
#18
Don't bother w/ fluid in power bleeder
Originally Posted by RJFabCab
Rodneyr, forget the baster and syringe. Just hook up your pressure bleeder (empty), pressurize it, and bleed out the master reservoir from the right rear wheel, outside nipple. Just make sure you don't let the master reservoir go full empty.
Then top off the master reservoir with fresh fluid to a decent level, throw some of it in the power bleeder, and save a tad to top off the reservoir when you're done. There's always going to be a "little" old fluid left anyway. If this concerns you, just do a more thorough bleed with fresh fluid.
Alternatively, you can bleed the master reservoir down, fill it up with fresh fluid, and never add fluid to the bleeder tank. That way, if your connection blows, you won't have brake fluid flying all over the place. Using this method, you may have to stop once, fill the master a bit with some more fluid, and then repressurize and continue the bleed.
Cheers
Thanks, Andy