I've noticed that the line that goes to my slave cylinder from the master cylinder goes through a small square junction, which has a second, thicker, hydraulic line that runs along the left side of the engine compartment and ends below the battery with a bleeder valve.
It this the damper that someone metioned in another post recently? What is the point of a single dead-end piece of line?
Do I need to bleed this section first, and then bleed at the slave cylinder?
I have no idea why they did that, cars have worked fine for decades without that tube. It makes them a bitch to bleed.
I bleed the slave first, then the "tube". I've also learned when bleeding these tubes, you have to "open/close" the bleeder quickly after pumping up the system. If you pump the system up, open till it stops coming out and then close, they never bleed out.
Maybe that second line is to trap air? Or maybe it dampens noise or a "feeling" in the brake pedal. Those are a couple common anomalies in standard hydraulic systems where just such a device is used. It's even used in plumbing to quiet noisy pipes.
Probably just the slave.
I guess you've never worked on a car with one of these, you HAVE to bleed this other tube as well or you have no clutch whatsoever.
I've worked on many a hydraulic clutch. Mostly on older British vehicles. I used to own a couple Jap trucks with hydraulic clutches. If that tube doesn't get air in it you don't HAVE to bleed it.
Which don't have this type device.
I used to own a couple Jap trucks with
Which don't have this type device either.
Why are you argueing about something you know NOTHING about? Obviously you've never worked on a vehicle with one of these or you wouldn't be posting this BS.
What does air do in a hydro system? It RISES and given this tube goes UP to the battery arera, how is it -not- going to get air in it when air is introduced into the system?
I've worked on HUNDREDS of vehicles that have these "tubes" and if you don't bleed out this tube AFTER the slave, the clutch won't operate at all! Then again the OP will soon see you don't know what you're talking about here.
Is this some kind of macho-ego thing with you? Obviously so since you don't seem to want to learn anything as you already know -everything-? A couple of you "wannabe" mechanics here act like you know -everything- when in fact you know just enough to be dangerous.
I'm sure you'll soon explain your qualifications: how you've worked on your own cars once or twice a year since you were a kid.... Yea I'm impressed.
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