After replacing the damaged dust boot on one of the front calipers I decided to try a one-man bleed of the brakes using a handheld vacume pump at each bleeder screw. The process works so well on my simple '55 Chev truck brakes, but no good luck in suctioning much fluid out of each line on this car ('95 Camry v6 LE w/ABS). It's as if there is some sort of valve that closes off the system when the brakes are at rest.
Is this true with ABS brakes on this car? Will only a 2-person purge-into-a-bottle be the answer ..and if so does the ABS system have to be energized for bleeding?
Thanks. Dale