On tooled-up there's a draper kit which plugs into an air compressor. It's £30, and I already have an air compressor. Are there any kit you'd recommend. A standard kit, like my dad recommends, would be just under £10. Oh yeah, with the proper kit I think one person can do it, but I think you need two for the cheap one.
The big advantage of power bleeders is that when you pump the brake pedal to push fluid through the system you are moving the master cylinder seals to places that they don't normally go in the cylinder. That's not such a problem on newer cars bit it can be if the MS is old. With age there will tend to be some wear around where the seal normally moves & so if you suddenly push the thing beyond that area you can break the seal & things start leaking/not working. If you are going to use the brake pedal then stick a piece of wood under the pedal so it can't go all the way to the floor - that will limit the movement a bit. On VW's and Audis pushing the thing all the way to the floor can damage the MS seals even on a new car.
Also, when changing the fluid the best way to do it is to drain as much as you can from the reservoir using something like a turkey baster. Be careful not to drop any anywhere cos it eats paint. Surround the reservoir with loads of paper towel and have some water & paper towel handy to mop up with if you get a spill.
Then re-fill with fresh fluid & keep topping up as you bleed. Normal routine for bleeding is RR, LR, RF & LF (and then clutch if its hydraulic & on the same system). You should take much more out the first one (maybe 1/2 a pint
+) than the others - this clears all the fluid out the MS and also the long run of pipe to the back of the car. Once you've done that you don't need to take that much out the other 3 because all you are clearing are the individual pipe runs and the wheel cylinder on each wheel.
Lastly, some cars with ABS are bled by turning the ignition on then cracking open the bleed nipple & then holding the brake pedal down 1/2 an inch - the fluid then gets pumped out by the ABS pump - so no power bleeder or pedal pumping needed. Check whether this applies to your car if it has ABS.
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Iain