Air In Brake Lines
How To Bleed Brake Lines Air in the brake system can make your brake pedal feel spongy and vague. It takes only an hour or two to bleed the system. The fluid should be flushed every two to three years. Your elderly car has required little in the way of episodic repair, for which you're glad. But at your last scheduled maintenance, the service manager advised you that you would need to replace the brake pads, front and rear, before too long. But deferring that expense for a while wouldn't be a problem, he said. And all was fine for a couple of months, until you noticed the brake pedal dipping a little too close to the carpet while sitting at traffic lights. Not a big problem. Replacing the pads yourself on a Saturday morning should do the trick. We Recommend SAFER TRAIN TANK CAR TECH ROLLING DOWN THE LINE Except that now, despite the new pads all around, the brake pedal still feels spongy and low. You need to bleed your brakes. Air-Cooled Here's what happened....