Bleeding ABS Brake System

[BIG WORM]

I have bled the whole system 3 times and there are no leaks or air in lines, but I have NO brakes whatsoever. There must be a certain order which you have to bleed the ABS unit and the wheels or something. Not a big deal yet I'll probably figure it out later, just wondering if there is something major I'm leaving out...

[RL...]

I have bled the whole system 3 times and there are no leaks or air in lines, but I have NO brakes whatsoever. There must be a certain order which you have to bleed the ABS unit and the wheels or something. Not a big deal yet I'll probably figure it out later, just wondering if there is something major I'm leaving out...

I bled my brakes a few weeks ago, and I didn't have touch the abs system at all. I even kept all the wheels on my car, there are several write ups about bleeding brakes online so I won't go into detail, but you must have messed up somewhere. And yes, you bleed the brakes in a certain order, and don't let the master cylinder get too low on fluid. Go buy a Haynes book for your car. Best $15 I've spent towards my car. Good luck.

[Fr33way]

You start from the farthest caliper away from the MC and get closer each time.

[suprapower]

you could have a ****ed up master cylinder

[AnthonyF]

FIRST OFF-are you doing this with a friend or by yourself?

You might have drained out too much at a time and didnt refill it fast enough.

Bleed out the master cylinder...Get one person in the car, one person with a wrench on the master cylinder. Bleed each line quite a few time and make sure you keep filling the reservoir. If that doesnt fix it, your master cylinder could be bad.

-Ant.

[BIG WORM]

Yea I have so many Haynes and Chilton manuals, I am just so impatient with them that I usually just eventually figure stuff out after I lose my mind in frustration with those books. Thank God I bled those brakes 4 times before I thought to replace the master cylinder because then I got to bleed them 3 more times and that makes 7 times all the way around the same car. I think thats one for the Guiness book.

[BIG WORM]

94 and 95 integras have a bleeder valve on the abs anyone know what to do with it?

[tank500999]

check all the soft brake lines make sure the brake fluid is not contaminated.

[Carbon~IS]

I don't know about other ABS units, but on the IS you have to pressurize the system to about 14.7psi to bleed the abs you can't pedal bleed it.

[ash7]

^ it is the same with DC ABS brakes.

-jonathan

[BIG WORM]

how do i build the pressure up other than pumping the pedal? The pressure goes up way past 14psi when you crank it up and the hydraulic modulator comes on.