How Do You Bleed Air Out Of A Car Brake Line?
Anytime you disconnect a brake line fluid or if the master cylinder, where you pour in the brake fluid, runs too low and air is able to get into the lines you must bleed the air out of the lines.Air in the brake lines will be the cause for a mushy brake pedal or when you hit the brakes the pedal may skip and push down low to the floor which is a very dangerous situation.Bleeding the air out of the lines is not that difficult and will take very little of your time to do it! Locate the bleeder valve for the brakes, there is one behind each wheel. The valve will be located on a part that has a rubber brake line hose connected to it. In some cases you will need to remove the wheel for proper access to the valve. See picture in step #3 to view valve. Start at the rear wheels first for bleeding and work your way to the front wheels, however if you have only disconnected one brake line for instance, you should be able to just bleed that one wheel, but if you changed your master cylinder which
