I am about to bleed the complete brake system on my C3 having just changed all the pipes and fitted a replacement ABS Unit.
Can someone please help by posting the complete procedure.
thanks
Complete brake bleeding procedure?
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You need to connect lexia tool to bleed the ABS pump.
Also bleed LH front, RH front, LH rear and RH rear, but let lexia guide you to bleeding when you have also changed the ABS pump
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Hi Arfur, thanks for your reply. I have Lexia and understand its needed for bleeding the ABS Pump, should ABS bleeding be done first before generally bleeding the lines? I also have a pressuring bleeding system ready and understand I need to use this to bleed the ABS Pump, is that correct?Arfur Dent wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:47 pmYou need to connect lexia tool to bleed the ABS pump.
Also bleed LH front, RH front, LH rear and RH rear, but let lexia guide you to bleeding when you have also changed the ABS pump
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It's best to follow the procedure in the abs bleeding section to complete the bleeding.
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Hi, this Lexia software is just a pain ever since I purchased it. It often crashes which requires you to boot your operating system to get Lexia functioning again. Anyway, I find it impossible to get to the Bleeding stage, cant be found in the menus, is it perhaps the case some software/hardware versions dont have the brake bleeding facility? the intrsuctions are there but the operation is not, or at least very well hidden? I would say from my experience of Lexia that you can buy cheap of the internet, which I did, is an absolute waste of time and money. I replaced my ABS pump and bled the brakes the old fashioned way, everything seems fine, ABS light out, and brake working. Ok, there might still be air in the module some will say, I guess that will come out after some ABS activation and further Bleeding.
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