Good afternoon all,
I know the Motive Power Bleeder has been discussed before, but wanted to add my review of it. I bought the one that included the 1107 adapter and used it this afternoon on my wife's 2002 Lancer.
First, the 1107 adapter is a really tight fit in the Mitsu - it wouldn't go on and I kept looking at, knowing it was the right one. Finally, gave it some pressure, which seated the O-ring and it tightened down on the master cylinder very tightly and securely. This is NOT a universal adapter like comes with the unit.
Leaked checked per the instructions and had no leaks.
Filled with two quarts of Valvoline DOT 3/4, pressurized to 10 PSI and went to town.
Opened the right rear bleeder and was rewarded with a very slow trickle of fluid. Hhhmmn, this doesn't seem right. Increased the pressure to 15 PSI and got more flow. (20 PSI is the suggested maximum) Took about 5 minutes until the old fluid was purged from the right rear. As I got closer to the master cylinder, time to purge out the old fluid was much reduced. Original fluid wasn't that bad - honey colored. Not bad for six years - this was the OEM fluid. Used maybe 1.5 quarts of the two quarts I put in it, but probably could have gotten away with using only 1 quart.
Test drove the car as was very happy - good pedal feel and lots of braking power.
So, what did I think of the Motive Power Bleeder? Well, on the Mitsu it worked well. It's not as fast as a set of Speed Bleeders. I think I'd rather have installed a set of Speed Bleeders, but never did get a response from Speed Bleeder on what bleeders fit the Mitsu...
Next up will be a brake fluid change in the '97 Mustang.
later,
b
I know the Motive Power Bleeder has been discussed before, but wanted to add my review of it. I bought the one that included the 1107 adapter and used it this afternoon on my wife's 2002 Lancer.
First, the 1107 adapter is a really tight fit in the Mitsu - it wouldn't go on and I kept looking at, knowing it was the right one. Finally, gave it some pressure, which seated the O-ring and it tightened down on the master cylinder very tightly and securely. This is NOT a universal adapter like comes with the unit.
Leaked checked per the instructions and had no leaks.
Filled with two quarts of Valvoline DOT 3/4, pressurized to 10 PSI and went to town.
Opened the right rear bleeder and was rewarded with a very slow trickle of fluid. Hhhmmn, this doesn't seem right. Increased the pressure to 15 PSI and got more flow. (20 PSI is the suggested maximum) Took about 5 minutes until the old fluid was purged from the right rear. As I got closer to the master cylinder, time to purge out the old fluid was much reduced. Original fluid wasn't that bad - honey colored. Not bad for six years - this was the OEM fluid. Used maybe 1.5 quarts of the two quarts I put in it, but probably could have gotten away with using only 1 quart.
Test drove the car as was very happy - good pedal feel and lots of braking power.
So, what did I think of the Motive Power Bleeder? Well, on the Mitsu it worked well. It's not as fast as a set of Speed Bleeders. I think I'd rather have installed a set of Speed Bleeders, but never did get a response from Speed Bleeder on what bleeders fit the Mitsu...
Next up will be a brake fluid change in the '97 Mustang.
later,
b
