Originally Posted by
dedwards0323
My experience is also the same. I prefer the manual brake bleed technique over the power bleed technique. Just more comfortable with it.
I also suck quite a bit of brake fluid from the master cylinder reservoir & refill the reservoir with new fluid before I start bleeding brakes. I use a simple turkey baster to remove the old brake fluid. Works slick!
No sense draining all that old brake fluid in the reservoir by using the first bleeder screw. Shortens the time required to completely bleed the brakes.
10-4 I do the same with the turkey baster. As to wether our cars have ABS Bosch ABS5.7, Bosch ABS5.3, Delphi's DBC7 - system guess I will do a little brake exercise next time I'm alone on a stretch of open road and exercise the ABS system. Call it a job completed, and hope nothing else breaks. Our cars are 10 years old and s*** just happens.