Questions & Answers for: Oldsmobile Alero brake bleeding

Put new roders, brake pads, and calipers on 2002 Olds Alero. The brake peddle is really soft and goes almost all the way to the floor....Why is this? Car has 26,000 on it.. groan......master cylinder ...

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brakes and calipers were changed and brakes were bleed but when you start the car the pedal goes to the floor and has no brakes check and make sure there are no leaks, if no leaks are found and system

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...brake bleeding. Most calipers are held on by two bolts, so I think the website was right. The reason you could not get the caliper off (and I am guessing here) is that you did not push the piston(s) ...

...brake not bleeding properly after bleeding left side and changing rotors, calipers, and pads? first of all make sure master cylinder is full of brake fluid.then you crank car leave foot off brake ...

...brake line and try bleeding at connections -regulator,abs,master cylinder till u get fluid to bleed out--if u let the master cylinder get to low before u did ur brake job then bleed that first and ...

...caliper, booster, brake line) Brakes have been bleed. STILL no brakes (or should I say...after bleeding them, I have brakes but after car sits for a while...no brakes again!) change the master ...

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fornt driver brakes wont bleed ABS BRAKE SYSTEM NEED A TECH 2 SCANNER TO RETURN MOTOR REHOME FUNCTION. MEANING PISTONS IN THE ABS HYDRALIC MODULATOR SHOULD BE IN THE RETURN TO UPPER MOST POSITION. ...

bleeding the brake is have someone press the brake repeatedly while the bleed valves are closed. let him hold his position while pressing the brake as hard as possible then open the bleed valves. 

Question about 1999 Alero

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need to do because abs brake system  need to be pressure bleed at garage hard bleed at home the manual bleeding dont help much. the abs brake system you need tech 2 scanner and a pressure bleeder

...you need to bleed them better. Not bleeding them longer allows air to stay trapped in the lines and the air doesn't make much difference until the engine is providing vacuum boost to the brake

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