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Old 07-07-2011, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by winmutt View Post
YMMV


Sorry but this is bad advice. Hydraulic systems should always be purged slowly. Fast breaks up big bubbles into tiny bubbles which do not purge as easily and then coalesce back into big ones.

I disagree, Your theory may have merit but I have bled allot of MB clutch systems and doing the "fast" pump method has always worked. Tiny bubbles may have been produced but to no ill effect that I could see.
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