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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: andycab on 21 August 2009, 14:29:52

Title: desperate help needed
Post by: andycab on 21 August 2009, 14:29:52

whats proper way to bleed clutch ,had new master cylinder cant get decent pedal,it just sinks to floor after few mins,not losing any fluid tho.its a taxi and im losing a fortune at moment
                        thanks

Title: Re: desperate help needed
Post by: unlucky alf on 21 August 2009, 14:32:18

i believe there is a bleed nipple on the bellhousing & bleed it like you were bleeding brakes, unless youve got an eezi-bleed kit :y

Title: Re: desperate help needed
Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 August 2009, 14:34:05

Never done it but the common wisdom is to bleed backwards. Use an Eezibleed to force fluid into the bleed nipple.

Kevin

Title: Re: desperate help needed
Post by: JasonH on 21 August 2009, 14:48:47

The ONLY way to bleed it is a reverse pressure bleed.

The Vauxhall TIS states that too.

There's a long pipe run that traps air and can't be bled using a conventional method.

Get a pressure bleeder and an assistant with a turkey baster. Connect the pressure bleeder fluid feed to the bleed nipple on the side of the gearbox bell housing open the nipple and start getting the fluid out of the reservoir, it fills at a fair rate!

Title: Re: desperate help needed
Post by: Andy H on 21 August 2009, 17:58:34

I have managed it using the Eezibleed in the normal direction but due to the large diameter of the pipe you really need to flush the fluid through to get the air out.

Once I had a working clutch it seemed to improve with use (but that may have been wishful thinking ::))