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Did brakes and rotors on a 03 Passat and rear calipers. done this before just can't figure out why when I bleed the brakes pedal still goes to floor but there's no air in the system.Can anyonehelpme

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    Thomas Heimbach Sep 17, 2016

    I did all those things.I'm no dummy there is no air in the lines fluid full all I did was brakes rotors about rear calibers

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Hi first of all you should bleed fervist away from the master cylinder,and when you bleed the back brakes are you shore that you kept the reserver full (we all make make mistakes some times)as if not it could have got air in the system,best thing to do is start again and bleed all the brakes and see if that puts it right,if not maybe the master cylinder is faulty,hope this was some help even though it sounds like you know what you are doing.

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raymundo_mnd

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SOURCE: 2001 Mustang GT rear brake job

yep this is a two man job, onece you get air in the lines is better to do all four, my has abs and i was able to do it, but next time don't take anylines lose just turn the piston clockwise and you should be able to push it in.

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did you check the master cylinder? makke sure the cap is on tight....and full of fluid

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  • Posted on Feb 22, 2009

SOURCE: no brakes

Add brake fluid in master cylinder.

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  • Posted on Apr 09, 2009

SOURCE: bleeding brakes

always bleed front driver side first, front right,left back
right back.
make sure you always have oil in the master

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  • Posted on Oct 16, 2010

SOURCE: replaced brake rotors, pads and

You bled them with no brakes? That didn't work. You have to get a pedal going or something is wrong. You must have a leak somewhere you don't know about. Why did you replace the master? Fill up the reservoir, again, start at the right rear, pump slow, hold it even if nothing is there, crack the bleeder, release the pedal and try it again, slowly, pump, hold , crack , anything yet?? One more time, pump, hold, crack, tighten, release. and pedal yet. Go back and check the fluid level, did it go anyplace, if yes, go do it some more, if not,You have got something wrong with the master, pump up the pedal again and crack one of the lines at the master, see what happens. Check it out, hope this helps.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: All the time check the brake fluid level in the brake system reservoir, and fill up if necessary!

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