Ninety-Eight V6-3800 3.8L Supercharged (1993)
d. Left front.
5. Raise vehicle and suitable support.
6. Remove bleeder valve cap and place proper size box-end wrench, J 28434, or J 21472, over caliper/cylinder bleeder valve.
7. Attach a transparent tube to bleeder valve, submerge other end of tube in a clear container partially filled with clean brake fluid.
8. Depress brake pedal slowly one time and hold.
a. Loosen bleeder valve to purge air from the caliper/cylinder.
b. Tighten bleeder valve, and slowly release brake pedal.
c. Wait 15 seconds, then repeat the sequence, including the 15 second wait, until all air is removed. This sequence may have to be repeated 10 or
more times to remove all the air.
NOTE: Rapid pedal pumping pushes the master cylinder secondary piston down the bore in a way that makes it difficult to bleed the system.
TIGHTEN
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Wheel cylinder bleeder valves to 7 Nm (62 lb. in.).
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Caliper bleeder valve to 13 Nm (115 lb. in).
9. Install bleeder valve caps.
10. Lower vehicle.
11. Fill master cylinder to proper level.
12. Check brake pedal for "sponginess."
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Repeat entire bleeding procedure to correct "sponginess."
Pressure Bleeding
BLEEDING BRAKE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
CAUTION: Do not move the vehicle until a firm brake pedal is obtained. Air in the brake system can cause loss of brakes with possible injury.
A bleeding operation is necessary to remove air from the hydraulic brake system whenever air is introduced into the system.
It may be necessary to bleed the hydraulic system at all four brakes when air has been introduced through a low fluid level condition, or the brake pipes
were disconnected at the master cylinder. When a brake pipe is disconnected at one wheel, only that wheel cylinder/caliper needs to be bled. When pipes
are disconnected at any fitting located between the master cylinder and brakes, then the brake system served by the disconnected pipe must be bled.
PRESSURE BLEEDING
Fig. 1 Wheel Cylinder Bleeding
