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Old 07-25-2010, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by byronnash View Post
The MC I bought was new and it had a new gasket on the end of it. There were plastic plugs in the holes but they were flush with no nipple. I'm going to try loosening the hard lines out and see if I can get some air to come out. Then bleed the rest of the lines again.
If I were you I wouldn't loosen anything at the master cylinder. If you do that I think you are more likely to get air back into the master cylinder... Just bleed round the car again from the caliper bleed nipples.

The FSM says that you should pump the brake pedal at least 3 times per bleed nipple when you are installing a new master cylinder.

To my mind that says it is perhaps better to get some help bleeding when you've got this stubborn sort of problem. One person on the brake pedal - the other lying in the dirt shouting "UP" / "DOWN"!
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